workshop

WOTD – 24 December 2007    

See also Workshop

English

Etymology

From work +‎ shop.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/, X-SAMPA: /"w3:k.SQp/
• (US) IPA: /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, X-SAMPA: /"w3`k.SAp/

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Noun

workshop (plural workshops)

1. A small room where things are manufactured, or light industrial work is done
2. A brief intensive course of education for a small group; emphasizes interaction and practical problem solving
3. An academic conference

Translations

small manufacturing room

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: արհեստանոց (hy) (arhestanoc’)
• Catalan: taller m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車間 (cmn), 车间 (cmn) (chējiān)

• Czech: dílna (cs) f
• Dalmatian: botaiga f
• Dutch: atelier (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: työpaja (fi), verstas (fi), paja (fi)
• French: atelier (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Werkstatt (de) f
• Greek: εργαστήριο (el) (ergastírio) n
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: műhely (hu)
• Irish: ceárta (ga) f

• Italian: laboratorio (it) m
• Japanese: 作業場 (ja) (さぎょうば, sagyōba)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: работилница (mk) (rabotílnica) f
• Malay: bengkel (ms), woksyop (ms)
• Persian: کارگاه (fa) (kârgâh)
• Polish: warsztat (pl) m
• Romanian: atelier (ro) n
• Russian: мастерская (ru) (masterskája) f, цех (ru) (cex) m
• Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach (gd) f
• Spanish: taller (es) m
• Swedish: verkstad (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: voböp (vo)

intensive course of education

• Catalan: taller (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研討會 (cmn), 研讨会 (cmn) (yántǎohuì), 講習會 (cmn), 讲习会 (cmn) (jiǎngxíhuì), 講習班 (cmn), 讲习班 (cmn) (jiǎngxíbān)

• Dutch: workshop (nl)
• Estonian: õpituba (et)
• Finnish: työpaja (fi), ryhmätyökurssi (fi)
• French: atelier (fr) m
• German: Workshop (de) m
• Hungarian: intenzív kurzus (hu)

• Indonesian: lokakarya (id)
• Japanese: 講習会 (ja) (こうしゅうかい, kōshūkai), 研修会 (ja) (けんしゅうかい, kenshūkai)
• Macedonian: работилница (mk) (rabotílnica) f
• Malay: bengkel (ms)
• Polish: warsztaty (pl) pl
• Russian: семинар (ru) (seminár) m
• Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach (gd) f
• Spanish: taller (es) m
• Swedish: workshop (sv) c
• Turkish: çalıştay (tr)

academic conference

• Catalan: seminari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研討會 (cmn), 研讨会 (cmn) (yántǎohuì)

• Finnish: työpaja (fi), workshop (fi)
• German: Workshop (de) m
• Italian: seminario (it)

• Japanese: 講習会 (ja) (こうしゅうかい, kōshūkai), 研修会 (ja) (けんしゅうかい, kenshūkai), 作業部会 (ja) (さぎょうぶかい, sagyōbukai), ワークショップ (ja) (wākushoppu)
• Polish: warsztaty akademickie pl
• Russian: секция (ru) (sékcija) f, семинар (ru) (seminár) m, симпозиум (ru) (simpózium) m
• Spanish: taller (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 工作坊
• Dutch: werkplaats f and m

• Old Church Slavonic: дѣльникъ (dělĭnikŭ) m

Verb

workshop (third-person singular simple present workshops, present participle workshopping, simple past and past participle workshopped)

1. (transitive) To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.