studio English · revision 5363

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1819|origins=la studium}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈstjuː.di.əʊ/, US /ˈstuː.di.oʊ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|it|studio|t=room for study; study]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|studium|t=eagerness, application, study]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) the source also of [[study]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The workroom of a painter or sculptor: 1819,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MW Collegiate) usually one with windows that let in light from the sky.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was later extended to a photographer's rooms.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) With the cinema it came to mean a room where films are shot, by 1911,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and then the offices and buildings of a film-making company and the companies themselves.^(Etymonline) It passed to radio broadcasting in 1922,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) to recording rooms for gramophone records by 1928,^(OED 1989) and to television by 1938.^(Etymonline) The ''studio apartment'' is American, attested by 1903,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and ''studio'' alone for a one-room flat is from 1942.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1819 – an artist's workroom.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1903 – ''studio apartment''.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1911 – a film studio.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1922 – a broadcasting studio.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1928 – a recording studio.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1938 – a television studio.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The workroom of an [[artist]], such as a painter, sculptor or photographer.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A place where an art, such as dance or music, is taught or studied.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A room or building where films, or radio or television programmes, are produced.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A room where music and other sound recordings are made.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A company that makes films.^(MW Collegiate)^(MWU 2024)

+ # A one-room [[apartment]], also called a studio apartment or studio flat.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[studio apartment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[study]]

+ * [[student]]

+ * [[studious]]

+ * [[etude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}