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At·tic  (tk)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Attica, Athens, or the Athenians.

2. Characterized by purity, simplicity, and elegant wit: Attic prose.

n.

The ancient Greek dialect of Attica, in which the bulk of classical Greek literature is written.

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[Latin Atticus, from Greek Attikos, from Attik, Attica.]

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at·tic  (tk)

n.

1. A story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house.

2. A low wall or story above the cornice of a classical façade.

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[From Attic story, story of a building enclosed by one decorative structure placed above another, much taller decorative structure, usually involving the Attic order, an architectural order having square columns of any of the basic five orders, from French attique, from attique, Attic, from Latin Atticus; see Attic.]

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attic

Noun

a space or room within the roof of a house [from the Attic style of architecture]

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Attic a collection of Greeks—N. Y. Times, 1983.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	attic - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage garret, loft cockloft - a small loft or garret storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" hayloft, mow, haymow - a loft in a barn where hay is stored house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
	2.	Attic - the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia Classical Greek, Ionic, Ionic dialect Ancient Greek - the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire
	3.	attic - informal terms for a human head bonce, noggin, noodle, dome, bean human head - the head of a human being
	4.	attic - (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof entablature - (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
Adj.	1.	Attic - of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"

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attic

noun loft, garret, roof space

Translations

attic [ˈætɪk] n → desván m; altillo (LAM); entretecho (LAM)

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attic [ˈætɪk] n → grenier m, combles mpl

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attic [ˈætɪk] n → Dachboden m

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attic [ˈætɪk] n → soffitta

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attic

n attic [ˈӕtik]

a room at the top of a house under the roof They store old furniture in the attic. solder عِلِّيَّـه таван podkrovní světnice loft; kvist; kvistværelse der Speicher σοφίτα ático, desván, buhardilla pööning اتاق زیر شیروانی ullakko grenier עֲלִייָת גַג अटारी tavan padlásszoba loteng rishæð, háaloft attico, mansarda 屋根裏部屋 고미다락방 palėpė bēniņi loteng zolder loft(srom) strych sótão mansardă, pod чердак manzardka podstrešje tavan vind ห้องใต้หลังคา tavan arası 頂樓 горище چھت کا بالا خانہ phòng áp mái 顶楼