attic

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.

[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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1. A garret.
2. In classic building, a story built above the wall cornice.
3. (cap.) Pertaining to the district of Attica in Greece.
4. The ornamental construction above an entablature; often decorated.
5. The space between the ceiling framing of the topmost story and the underside of the roof framing.

attic, 2: of St. Peter’s, Rome; A, attic of main edifice; B, attic of the dome

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A small upper space of the middle ear, containing the head of the malleus and the body of the incus. Called also epitympanic recess.

IN BRIEF: The space just below the roof of a house.

We use our attic to store trunks of old clothes.

Tutor's tip: The "addict" (person with a bad habit) went to the "attic" (room right under the roof) and sent an "edict" (order or command) to the rest of the family to stay downstairs.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - loftsværelse, pulterkammer

adj. - attisk
n. - attisk, fra Attica

Nederlands (Dutch)
zolder, vliering, Attisch

Français (French)
n. - grenier, mansarde

adj. - (Hist, Géog) attique
n. - Attique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dachboden, Dachgeschoß

adj. - athenisch, (übertr.) klassisch, griechisch, (Kunstgesch.) attisch
n. - (hist.) Athener, (Ling.) griech. Hochsprache im 5. und 4. Jh. v. Chr.

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σοφίτα

Italiano (Italian)
mansarda, solaio, soffitta, sottotetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sótão (m) (Arquit.)

Русский (Russian)
чердак

Español (Spanish)
n. - ático, desván, buhardilla

adj. - ático, clásico
n. - ático

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vind

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
雅典风格的, 古典派的, 雅典人, 雅典语

阁楼, 顶楼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 雅典風格的, 古典派的
n. - 雅典人, 雅典語

n. - 閣樓, 頂樓

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지붕 아래 방, 고미 다락

adj. - 아테네의, 우아한
n. - 아테네 사람, 아테네 방언

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 屋根裏, 屋根裏部屋

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عليه : الطابق الواقع تحت سطح المنزل مباشره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עליית-גג, חדר ליד עליית-הגג‬
adj. - ‮נוגע לאתונה העתיקה, לאיזור עתיקה, או ליוונית שדוברה שם‬
n. - ‮יוונית עתיקה‬

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Attic Fan	attic flooring
Attic Ladders	attic ladder