shop

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English

Etymology

From Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa (“booth”)

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA: /ʃɒp/, SAMPA: /SQp/
• (US): enPR: shäp, IPA: /ʃɑp/, SAMPA: /SAp/

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

shop (plural shops)

1. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
2. A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
3. An automobile mechanic's workplace.
4. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
5. Short for wood shop or metal shop, classes taught typically in junior high school, teaching vocational skill.
6. In information technology, describes the programming languages or software an organisation uses, usually exclusively; "our company is mostly a Java shop".
7. An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

   This is where I do my weekly shop.

Synonyms

• (establishment that sells goods): boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also Wikisaurus:retail store
• (place where things are crafted):: atelier, studio, workshop
• (automobile mechanic's workplace):: garage
• (workplace):: office, place of work, workplace
• (wood shop):: carpentry, wood shop, woodwork
• (metal shop):: metal shop, metalwork

Related terms

• shoppe

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun shop

beauty shop bucket shop charity shop chip shop close up shop coffee shop cop shop corner shop food shop gift shop like a bull in a china shop one-stop shop op shop pawn shop pet shop Photoshop® pound shop repair shop sex shop shoe shop

shopaholic shop assistant shopfloor shopfront shopgirl shopkeep shopkeeper shopman shop right shop steward shop talk shopward shopwards shopworn shut up shop swap shop sweet shop, sweet-shop, sweetshop wood shop workshop

Translations

establishment that sells goods

Afrikaans: winkel (af) Albanian: dyqan (sq) m. Arabic: دكان (ar) (dukkaan) m., متجر (ar) (mátjar) m., محل (ar) (maHall) m., مخزن (ar) (makhzan) m. Egyptian Arabic: محل (maHal) m. Armenian: խանութ (hy) (xanut') Azeri: mağaza (az), dükan (az) Basque: denda (eu), saltoki (eu) Belarusian: крама (be) (kráma) f., магазін (be) (mahazín) m. Bengali: দোকান (bn) (dōkāna) Bosnian: dućan (bs) m. Breton: stal (br) f., stalioù (br) pl. Bulgarian: магазин (bg) (magazín) m. Catalan: botiga (ca) f., tenda (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 商店 (cmn) (shāngdiàn) Cornish: shoppa (kw) Croatian: dućan (hr) m. Czech: obchod (cs) m., prodejna (cs) f. Danish: butik (da) Dutch: winkel (nl) m. Esperanto: butiko (eo), vendejo (eo) Estonian: pood (et), kauplus (et) Finnish: myymälä (fi), kauppa (fi) French: boutique (fr) f., magasin (fr) m. Galician: tenda (gl) f. Georgian: მაღაზია (ka) (maġazia) German: Laden (de) m., Geschäft (de) f. Greek: μαγαζί (el) (magazí) n., κατάστημα (el) (katástima) n. Greenlandic: pisiniarfik (kl) Haitian Creole: magazen Hebrew: חֲנוּת (he) (khanút) Hindi: दुकान (hi) (dukān) f., दूकान (hi) (dūkān) f. Hungarian: bolt (hu), üzlet (hu) Ido: butiko (io) Indonesian: toko (id) Interlingua: boteca (ia) Irish: siopa (ga) m. Italian: magazzino (it) m., negozio (it) m. Japanese: 店 (ja) (みせ, mise), 商店 (ja) (shōten) Kamba: ndukani Kannada: ಅಂಗಡಿ (kn) (aṅgaḍi) Khmer: ហាង (km) (hāng)

Kikuyu: nduka Korean: 가게 (ko) (gage) Kurdish: دوکان (ku) Latin: taberna (la) f. Latvian: veikals (lv) Lithuanian: parduotuvė (lt) f. Luhya: liduka Macedonian: продавница (mk) (prodávnica) f., дуќан (mk) (dúḱan) m. Malay: kedai (ms) Maltese: ħanut (mt), negozju (mt) Manx: shapp (gv) Northern Sami: gávpi Norwegian: butikk (no) m., forretning (no) m. Persian: دکان (fa) (dokān), مغازه (fa) (mağâze) Polish: sklep (pl) m. Portuguese: loja (pt) f. Romanian: magazin (ro) n. Russian: магазин (ru) (magazín) m., лавка (ru) (lávka) f. (antiquated.) Santali: ᱫᱳᱠᱚᱱ (dokan) Scottish Gaelic: bùth (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: продавница f., дућан m. Roman: prodavnica f., dućan m. Slovene: trgovina (sl) f. Sotho: lebenkele (st) Spanish: tienda (es) f. Swahili: duka (sw) Swedish: magasin (sv), affär (sv) c., butik (sv) c., kiosk (sv) c. Tagalog: tindahan (tl) Tamil: கடை (ta) (kaṭai) Taos: tį̀ęndo’óna Telugu: షాప్ (te) (ṣāp) Tetum: loja, toko Thai: ร้าน (th) (ráan) Turkish: dükkan (tr), dükkân (tr), mağaza (tr) Ukrainian: крамниця (uk) (kramnýcja) f., магазин (uk) (mahazýn) m. Urdu: دکان (ur) (dukān) f., دوکان (ur) (dūkān) f. Vietnamese: cửa hàng (vi) Volapük: selidöp (vo) Welsh: siop (cy) f. Yiddish: קראָם (yi) (krom), געשעפֿט (yi) (gesheft), געװעלב (yi) (gevalb), קלײט (yi) (kleyt)

workshop

Basque: lantegi (eu), lantoki (eu) Breton: stal-labour f. Cornish: shoppa (kw) Croatian: radionica (hr) f. Finnish: paja (fi), työpaja (fi), tehdas (fi) French: atelier (fr) m. Greek: εργαστήριο (el) (ergastírio) n., συνεργείο (el) (synergeío) n. Hindi: दुकान (hi) (dukān) f., दूकान (hi) (dūkān) f. Hungarian: műhely (hu)

Italian: bottega (it) Latin: officina (la) f. Macedonian: работилница (mk) (rabotílnica) f., дуќан (mk) (dúḱan) m. Maltese: ħanut (mt) Persian: دکان (fa) (dokān) Polish: warsztat m. Russian: мастерская (ru) (masterskája) f. Urdu: دکان (ur) (dukān) f., دوکان (ur) (dūkān) f.

a class taught typically in junior high school, teaching vocational skill

Finnish: käsityö (fi), puutyö (fi), metallityö (fi)

Norwegian: sløyd (no) m.

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French: boutique en ligne f. (4), magasin virtuel m. (4) (= online shop; were these for a deleted sense?) Spanish: tienda f., comercio m. (formal usage), negocio m. (colloquial), almacén m. (Colombia); (small shop) changarro m. (Mexico) Swahili: duka, maduka pl (noun 5/6)

Verb

shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)

1. (intransitive) To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.

   I went shopping ; he’s shopping for clothes.

2. (transitive) To report or "grass up" the criminal or otherwise wrong activities or whereabouts of (a suspect) to an authority.
3. (transitive, Internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Translations

to visit shops

Arabic: تسوق (ar) (tasawwaqa), تبضع (ar) (tabaDDa`a) Chinese: Mandarin: 買東西 (cmn), 买东西 (cmn) (mǎi dōngxi) Czech: nakupovat (cs) Danish: handle (da), shoppe (da) Dutch: winkelen, inkopen doen, shoppen Finnish: käydä kaupassa, shoppailla French: faire les magasins, faire du shopping, faire des courses, faire des achats German: einkaufen (de) Greek: ψωνίζω (el) (psonízo) Hungarian: vásárol (hu) Italian: andare per negozi Japanese: 買い物をする (ja) (kaimono-o suru)

Macedonian: купува (mk) (kúpuva) пазари (mk) (pázari), Norwegian: handle (no), shoppe (no) Polish: kupować, robić zakupy Portuguese: ir às compras Romanian: merge la cumpărături Russian: делать покупки (ru) (délat' pokúpki), покупать (ru) (pokupát') Slovene: nakupovati Spanish: ir de compras (es) Swedish: handla (sv) (1), shoppa (sv) (1) Ukrainian: ходити до крамниць (χodýty do kramnýts’) Vietnamese: đi mua hàng (vi) Welsh: siopa (cy)

Derived terms

• shop around
• shopper
• shop till you drop
• window shopping

Interjection

shop!

1. Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Anagrams

• hops
• hosp
• OHPs
• posh
• soph