shop

English

Etymology

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, scoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɒp/
• enPR: shäp, IPA^(key): /ʃɑp/

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

shop (plural shops)

1. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
   • (Can we date this quote by Cowper and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     From shop to shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.

2. A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     A tailor called me in his shop.

3. A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
4. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
5. A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
6. An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

   a barber shop

7. An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

   This is where I do my weekly shop.

8. (figurative, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
   • 1917, South African Chemical Institute, Proceedings, page 28:

     What struck me about the occasion was the quiet though cheerful tone of the gathering, the restraint, noticeable also in the very few speeches. Chemistry was taboo, by common consent — no " shop " allowed.

   • 1919, Virginia Woolf, Night and Day:

     But Mary cut her short.
     "We don't allow shop at tea, Sally," she said firmly.

   • 1953, Winston Churchill, “Strain and Suspense”, in The Second World War, page 619:

     Nothing but shop was ever talked on any of these occasions. I am sure these close relationships were necessary for the conduct of the war, and I could not have grasped the whole position without them.

Synonyms

• (establishment that sells goods): boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also Thesaurus: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

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun shop

• beauty shop
• boiler shop
• bucket shop
• charity shop
• chip shop
• close up shop
• coffee shop
• cop shop
• corner shop
• erecting shop
• food shop
• gift shop
• like a bull in a china shop
• model shop
• one-stop shop
• op shop
• paint shop
• pawn shop
• pet shop
• Photoshop®
• pound shop
• repair shop
• sex shop
• shoe shop
• shopaholic
• shop assistant
• shopfloor
• shopfront
• shopgirl
• shophouse
• shopkeep
• shopkeeper
• shopman
• shopowner, shop owner
• shop right
• shop-soiled
• shop steward
• shop talk
• shopward
• shopwards
• shopworn
• shut up shop
• swap shop
• sweet shop, sweet-shop, sweetshop
• talk shop
• toyshop, toy shop
• wheel shop
• wood shop
• workshop

Related terms

• shoppe

Translations

establishment that sells goods

• Afrikaans: winkel (af)
• Albanian: dyqan (sq) m
• Amharic: ገበያ (gäbäya), ሱቅ (suḳ)
• Arabic: دُكَّان m (dukkān), مَتْجَر m (matjar), مَحَلّ (ar) m (maḥall), بِقَالَة f (biqāla), حَانُوت m (ḥānūt)

  Egyptian Arabic: دكان m (dukkān)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَحَل m (maḥal), بِقالة m (bigāla), دُكَّان m (dukkān) (archaic)

  Moroccan Arabic: حانوت m (ḥanut)

• Armenian: խանութ (hy) (xanutʻ)
• Assamese: দোকান (dükan)
• Asturian: tienda f
• Azerbaijani: mağaza (az), dükan (az)
• Basque: denda (eu), saltoki (eu)
• Belarusian: кра́ма f (kráma), магазі́н m (mahazín)
• Bengali: দোকান (dōkan)
• Bouyei: raanzdiams
• Breton: stal (br) f, stalioù (br) pl
• Bulgarian: магази́н (bg) m (magazín)
• Burmese: ဆိုင် (my) (hcuing)
• Catalan: botiga (ca) f, tenda (ca) f
• Central Dusun: kadai
• Chichewa: sitolo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 商店 (soeng¹ dim³), 店鋪／店铺 (dim³ pou³), 店铺 (dim³ pou³), 舖頭／铺头 (pou³ tau^4-2), 铺头 (pou³ tau²)

  Dungan: пузы (puzɨ)

  Mandarin: 商店 (zh) (shāngdiàn), 店鋪／店铺 (zh) (diànpù), 店铺 (zh) (diànpù), 鋪子／铺子 (zh) (pùzi), 舖子／铺子 (zh) (pùzi), 铺子 (zh) (pùzi)

  Min Nan: 商店 (siong-tiàm)

• Chukchi: вэԓыткоран (vėḷytkoran)
• Cornish: shoppa m, gwerthji m
• Corsican: butteca
• Czech: obchod (cs) m, prodejna (cs) f
• Dalmatian: stasaun
• Danish: butik (da)
• Dutch: winkel (nl) m
• Esperanto: butiko (eo), vendejo (eo)
• Estonian: pood, kauplus
• Finnish: myymälä (fi), kauppa (fi)
• French: boutique (fr) f, magasin (fr) m
• Friulian: negozi m, buteghe f
• Galician: tenda (gl) f
• Georgian: მაღაზია (maɣazia)
• German: Laden (de) m, Geschäft (de) n
• Greek: μαγαζί (el) n (magazí), κατάστημα (el) n (katástima)
• Greenlandic: pisiniarfik
• Gujarati: દુકાન f (dukān)
• Haitian Creole: magazen
• Hebrew: חֲנוּת (he) (khanút)
• Hindi: दुकान (hi) f (dukān), दूकान (hi) f (dūkān)
• Hungarian: bolt (hu), üzlet (hu)
• Icelandic: verslun (is) f, búð (is) f
• Ido: butiko (io), -erio
• Indonesian: toko (id)
• Interlingua: boteca
• Irish: siopa (ga) m
• Italian: magazzino (it) m, negozio (it) m
• Japanese: 店 (ja) (みせ, mise), 商店 (ja) (しょうてん, shōten), ショップ (ja) (shoppu), 販売店 (はんばいてん, hanbaiten), ストア (ja) (sutoa)
• Kalmyk: делгүр (delgür)
• Kamba: ndukani
• Kannada: ಅಂಗಡಿ (kn) (aṅgaḍi)
• Kazakh: дүкен (kk) (düken)
• Khmer: ហាង (km) (haang), ផ្ទះ (km) (phtĕəh)
• Kikuyu: nduka
• Korean: 가게 (ko) (gage) (假家), 상점 (ko) (sangjeom) (商店 (ko)), 판매점 (ko) (panmaejeom)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

  Sorani:

• Kyrgyz: магазин (ky) (magazin), дүкөн (ky) (dükön)
• Lao: ຫ້າງ (hāng), ຮ້ານ (hān), ຮ້ານຄ້າ (hān khā)
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• Latin: taberna f
• Latvian: veikals m
• Lithuanian: parduotuvė f
• Luhya: liduka
• Macedonian: прода́вница f (prodávnica), ду́ќан m (dúḱan)
• Malay: kedai
• Malayalam: കട (ml) (kaṭa)
• Maltese: ħanut m, negozju
• Manchu: ᡦᡠᠰᡝᠯᡳ (puseli)
• Manx: shapp
• Maori: toa (mi), toa (mi)
• Marathi: दुकान f (dukān)
• Mongolian: дэлгүүр (mn) (delgüür)
• Mwani: lozya, duka (Nsimbwa)
• Navajo: naalyéhé bá hooghan
• Nepali: दोकान (dokān)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɗuka
• Nogai: туькен (tüken)
• Norman: boutique f
• North Frisian: (Mooring) bood n
• Northern Sami: gávpi
• Norwegian: butikk (no) m, forretning m

  Bokmål: butikk (no) m

  Nynorsk: butikk m

• Pashto: دوکان (ps) m (dokā́n, dukā́n), دکان (ps) m (dokā́n), اټۍ f (aṭᶕy), مغازه f (maǧāzá), اټ m (aṭ), پلورنځی (ps) m (plorǝnjáy)
• Persian: فروشگاه (fa) (furušgâh), دکان (fa) (dokân), مغازه (fa) (mağâze)
• Polish: sklep (pl) m, skład (pl) m
• Portuguese: loja (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਦੁਕਾਨ f (dukān)
• Quechua: tinda, ranqhana wasi
• Romanian: magazin (ro) n, spațiu comercial
• Russian: магази́н (ru) m (magazín), ла́вка (ru) f (lávka) (dated), бути́к (ru) m (butík) (boutique)
• Samoan: faleoloa
• Santali: ᱫᱳᱠᱚᱱ (dokôn)
• Scottish Gaelic: bùth m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: продавница f, дућан m, продаваоница f, трговина f

  Roman: prodavnica (sh) f, dućan (sh) m, prodavaonica (sh) f, trgovina (sh) f

• Slovene: trgovina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: loda f, pśedawarnja f

• Sotho: lebenkele
• Spanish: tienda (es) f, negocio (es) m, comercio (es) m
• Swahili: duka (sw)
• Swedish: affär (sv) c, butik (sv) c, kiosk (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠖꠥꠇꠣꠘ (dukan)
• Tagalog: tindahan, butukan
• Tajik: мағоза (tg) (maġoza), дӯкон (dükon), дукон (tg) (dukon)
• Tamil: கடை (ta) (kaṭai)
• Taos: tį̀ęndo’óna
• Tatar: кибет (tt) (kibet)
• Telugu: షాప్ (ṣāp)
• Tetum: loja, toko
• Thai: ร้าน (th) (ráan), ร้านค้า (th) (ráan-káa)
• Tibetan: ཚོང་ཁང (tshong khang)
• Tigrinya: ድኳን (ti) (dəkʷan)
• Turkish: dükkan (tr), dükkân (tr), mağaza (tr)
• Turkmen: dükan, magazin
• Ukrainian: крамни́ця f (kramnýcja), магази́н (uk) m (mahazýn)
• Urdu: دکان f (dukān), دوکان f (dūkān)
• Uyghur: ماگىزىن (magizin), دۇكان (dukan)
• Uzbek: magazin (uz), doʻkon (uz)
• Vietnamese: cửa hàng (vi), hiệu (vi), tiệm (vi)
• Volapük: selidöp (vo)
• Walloon: botike (wa) m
• Welsh: siop (cy) f
• White Hmong: ncig yuav khoom
• Yiddish: קראָם (krom), געשעפֿט n (gesheft), געוועלב n (gevelb), קלייט f (kleyt)
• Yup'ik: kap'aniskaq
• Zazaki: dîkon
• Zhuang: bouqdaeuz, bouqgaicawx

workshop

• Basque: lantegi, lantoki (eu)
• Breton: stal-labour f
• Cornish: shoppa
• Dutch: werkplaats (nl), atelier (nl) n
• Finnish: paja (fi), työpaja (fi), tehdas (fi)
• French: atelier (fr) m
• Galician: obradoiro m, taller (gl) m
• German: Werkstatt (de) f
• Greek: εργαστήριο (el) n (ergastírio), συνεργείο (el) n (synergeío)
• Hindi: दुकान (hi) f (dukān), दूकान (hi) f (dūkān)
• Hungarian: műhely (hu)
• Icelandic: verkstæði (is) n
• Italian: bottega (it)
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• Latin: officina f
• Macedonian: работилница f (rabotilnica), дуќан m (duḱan)
• Maltese: ħanut
• Persian: کارگاه (fa)
• Polish: warsztat (pl) m
• Portuguese: oficina (pt) f
• Romanian: atelier (ro) n
• Russian: мастерска́я (ru) f (masterskája)
• Serbo-Croatian: radionica (sh) f
• Spanish: taller (es) m
• Swedish: verkstad (sv) c
• Urdu: دکان f (dukān), دوکان f (dūkān)

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

• Finnish: käsityö (fi), puutyö, metallityö
• Norwegian: sløyd m
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• Swedish: slöjd (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: (4) ^{(please verify)} boutique en ligne f, (4) ^{(please verify)} magasin virtuel m (= online shop; were these for a deleted sense?)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} tienda (es) f, (formal usage) ^{(please verify)} comercio (es) m, (colloquial) ^{(please verify)} negocio (es) m, (Colombia) ^{(please verify)} almacén (es) m, (small shop) ^{(please verify)} changarro (es) m (Mexico)
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• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} duka (sw) class 5, ^{(please verify)} maduka class 6

Verb

1. (intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

   I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.

   He’s shopping for clothes.

2. (transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).

   Shop our new arrivals.

   • 1988, Sylvia Harney, Married beyond recognition: a humorous look at marriage (page 90)

     You fantasized about having unhurried afternoons before the baby arrived to leisurely shop your favorite boutiques. Then the first crash hits — you no longer have the money to shop your favorite boutiques.

3. (transitive, slang, chiefly UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.

   He shopped his mates in to the police.

4. (transitive, slang, chiefly UK) To imprison.
5. (transitive, Internet slang) To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Synonyms

• (to report a criminal to authority): grass up (slang)

Derived terms

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

Translations

to visit shops

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: تَسَوَّقَ (tasawwaqa), تَبَضَّعَ (tabaḍḍaʕa)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 買嘢／买嘢, 买嘢 (maai⁵ ye⁵)

  Mandarin: 買東西／买东西 (zh), 买东西 (zh) (mǎi dōngxi), 購物／购物 (zh) (gòuwù), 购物 (zh) (gòuwù)

• Czech: nakupovat (cs)
• Danish: handle, shoppe
• Dutch: winkelen (nl), inkopen doen, shoppen (nl), boodschappen doen
• Esperanto: butikumi (eo)
• Finnish: käydä kaupassa, shoppailla (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} faire les magasins (fr), ^{(please verify)} faire du shopping, ^{(please verify)} faire des courses (fr), ^{(please verify)} faire des achats
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: einkaufen (de)
• Greek: ψωνίζω (el) (psonízo)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: vásárol (hu)
• Icelandic: fara í búð(ir), versla
• Italian: andare per negozi
• Japanese: 買い物をする (かいものをする, kaimono o suru)
• Khmer: ទៅទិញអីវ៉ាន់ (tɨw tɨñ ʼəyvan), ទៅផ្សារ (tɨw phsaa)
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: купува (kupuva) пазари (pazari)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: boutitchi
• Norwegian: handle (no), shoppe
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} kupować (pl), ^{(please verify)} robić zakupy
• Portuguese: ir às compras
• Romanian: merge la cumpărături
• Russian: де́лать поку́пки (délatʹ pokúpki), покупа́ть (ru) (pokupátʹ)
• Slovene: nakupovati
• Spanish: ir de compras
• Swedish: handla (sv) (1), shoppa (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: ཁྲོམ་གཟིགས་གནང (khrom gzigs gnang)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ходи́ти до крамни́ць (xodýty do kramnýcʹ)
• Vietnamese: đi mua hàng
• Welsh: siopa (cy)
• White Hmong: mus kav khw
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

to report to an authority

• Finnish: ilmiantaa (fi), paljastaa (fi)
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to digitally edit a picture or photograph — see photoshop

Interjection

shop

1. (dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Further reading

• “shop”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, hosp, posh, soph

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Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shop m (plural shops, diminutive shopje n)

1. shop

   Synonym: winkel

Derived terms

• koffieshop

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃop/, [ˈʃo̞p]

Noun

shop

1. (Anglism) Alternative form of shoppi (establishment that sells goods or services to the public).

Declension

Inflection of shop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		shop	shopit
genitive		shopin	shopien
partitive		shopia	shopeja
illative		shopiin	shopeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		shop	shopit
accusative	nom.	shop	shopit
	gen.	shopin
genitive		shopin	shopien
partitive		shopia	shopeja
inessive		shopissa	shopeissa
elative		shopista	shopeista
illative		shopiin	shopeihin
adessive		shopilla	shopeilla
ablative		shopilta	shopeilta
allative		shopille	shopeille
essive		shopina	shopeina
translative		shopiksi	shopeiksi
abessive		shopitta	shopeitta
instructive		—	shopein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of shop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative shopini shopini accusative nom. shopini shopini gen. shopini genitive shopini shopieni partitive shopiani shopejani inessive shopissani shopeissani elative shopistani shopeistani illative shopiini shopeihini adessive shopillani shopeillani ablative shopiltani shopeiltani allative shopilleni shopeilleni essive shopinani shopeinani translative shopikseni shopeikseni abessive shopittani shopeittani instructive — — comitative — shopeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative shopisi shopisi accusative nom. shopisi shopisi gen. shopisi genitive shopisi shopiesi partitive shopiasi shopejasi inessive shopissasi shopeissasi elative shopistasi shopeistasi illative shopiisi shopeihisi adessive shopillasi shopeillasi ablative shopiltasi shopeiltasi allative shopillesi shopeillesi essive shopinasi shopeinasi translative shopiksesi shopeiksesi abessive shopittasi shopeittasi instructive — — comitative — shopeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative shopimme shopimme accusative nom. shopimme shopimme gen. shopimme genitive shopimme shopiemme partitive shopiamme shopejamme inessive shopissamme shopeissamme elative shopistamme shopeistamme illative shopiimme shopeihimme adessive shopillamme shopeillamme ablative shopiltamme shopeiltamme allative shopillemme shopeillemme essive shopinamme shopeinamme translative shopiksemme shopeiksemme abessive shopittamme shopeittamme instructive — — comitative — shopeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative shopinne shopinne accusative nom. shopinne shopinne gen. shopinne genitive shopinne shopienne partitive shopianne shopejanne inessive shopissanne shopeissanne elative shopistanne shopeistanne illative shopiinne shopeihinne adessive shopillanne shopeillanne ablative shopiltanne shopeiltanne allative shopillenne shopeillenne essive shopinanne shopeinanne translative shopiksenne shopeiksenne abessive shopittanne shopeittanne instructive — — comitative — shopeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative shopinsa shopinsa accusative nom. shopinsa shopinsa gen. shopinsa genitive shopinsa shopiensa partitive shopiaan shopiansa shopejaan shopejansa inessive shopissaan shopissansa shopeissaan shopeissansa elative shopistaan shopistansa shopeistaan shopeistansa illative shopiinsa shopeihinsa adessive shopillaan shopillansa shopeillaan shopeillansa ablative shopiltaan shopiltansa shopeiltaan shopeiltansa allative shopilleen shopillensa shopeilleen shopeillensa essive shopinaan shopinansa shopeinaan shopeinansa translative shopikseen shopiksensa shopeikseen shopeiksensa abessive shopittaan shopittansa shopeittaan shopeittansa instructive — — comitative — shopeineen shopeinensa