antique shop

English

Alternative forms

• antiques shop

Etymology

antique (“noun”) +‎ shop

Pronunciation

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Noun

antique shop (plural antique shops)

1. A business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets
   • 2007 (US Census Bureau) Last week, Sarah cleaned and painted the back room of her house in preparation for setting up an antique shop there.[1]

   My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore.

Related terms

• antique collector
• antique dealer

Translations

store selling antiques

• German: Antiquitätenladen m, Antiquitätengeschäft n
• Hungarian: régiségbolt
• Polish: antykwariat (pl) m, antykwarnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: antiquário (pt) m
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• Serbo-Croatian: антикварница f (antikvarnica)
• Slovene: starinarna f, antikvariat m
• Welsh: siop hen bethau (cy) f