shopkeeper

See also: shop keeper and shop-keeper

English

Alternative forms

• shop keeper, shop-keeper (dated)

Etymology

From shop +‎ keeper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒpkiːpɚ/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

shopkeeper (plural shopkeepers)

1. A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.
   • 1958 July, J. Spencer Gilks, “Railway Development at Kingston-upon-Thames—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 449:

     The retail trade of the borough also suffered, for the shopkeepers found it difficult to attract the occupiers of the luxurious villas fast rising on Surbiton Hill, and the shops erected near the station [in Surbiton] made the competition still more keen.

Synonyms

• storekeeper

Derived terms

• shopkeeperess
• shopkeeperish
• shopkeeperism
• shopkeeperly
• shopkeeper's privilege

Related terms

• bookshopkeeper
• dramshopkeeper

Translations

trader who sells goods in a shop — see also sales clerk

• Basque: dendari (eu)
• Bengali: দোকানদার (bn) (dōkanodar), দোকানী (bn) (dokanī), তহরি (bn) (tohori)
• Bulgarian: магазине́р (bg) m (magazinér)
• Catalan: botiguer (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎤᏓᎾᏂ (udanani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 店主 (zh) (diànzhǔ)

• Danish: butiksejer c (shop owner), butikshandlende c, handlende c, detailhandlende c, købmand c (grocer)
• Dutch: winkelier (nl), detaillist (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: butikisto
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kauppias (fi), liikkeenharjoittaja (fi)
• French: détaillant (fr) m, détaillante (fr) f, magasinier (fr) m, magasinière (fr) f, boutiquier (fr) m, boutiquière (fr) f, commerçant (fr) m
• Galician: tendeiro m, tendeira f
• German: Ladenbesitzer (de) m, Ladenbesitzerin (de) f, Ladeninhaber (de) m, Ladeninhaberin (de) f, Geschäftsinhaber (de) m, Geschäftsinhaberin (de) f, Händler (de) m, Händlerin (de) f, Krämer (de) m, Krämerin f, Lädler m (regional), Lädlerin f, Einzelhändler (de) m
• Hebrew: בעל חנות m (báal khanút)
• Hindi: दुकानदार (hi) m (dukāndār), साहूकार (hi) m (sāhūkār), बनिया (hi) m (baniyā)
• Hungarian: boltos (hu)
• Ido: butikisto (io)
• Italian: bottegaio (it) m, bottegaia (it) f
• Japanese: 店主 (ja) (てんしゅ, tenshu), 商人 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin)
• Khmer: អ្នកគ្រប់គ្រងហាង (neak krup krɔɔng haang), ម្ចាស់ហាង (mchah haang)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دوکان دار (dukan dar)

  Northern Kurdish: dikandar (ku) m or f

• Ladino: butikaryo m, butikariu m (Monastir), ispisieru m (Monastir)
• Latin: tabernārius m
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: sklepikarz (pl) m, sklepikarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lojista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: magaziner (ro) m, magazineră (ro) f, magazioner (ro) m, magazioneră (ro) f, buticar m
• Russian: владе́лец магази́на m (vladélec magazína), ла́вочник (ru) m (lávočnik), торго́вец (ru) m (torgóvec)
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-bùtha m or f
• Sindhi: دڪاندار (dkā̃dār)
• Slovak: obchodník m
• Spanish: comerciante (es) m or f, tendero (es) m, tendera f, tiendero m
• Sranan Tongo: wenkriman
• Swedish: handlare (sv)
• Tagalog: tindero m, tindera f
• Talysh:

  Asalemi: دوکوندار (dukundâr)

• Telugu: అంగడివాడు (aṅgaḍivāḍu)
• Turkish: dükkâncı (tr), mağazacı (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: دكانجی (dükkâncı), مغازه‌جی (mağazacı)

• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Unami: mèmhalamùnt
• Urdu: دوکاندار m (dukāndār)
• Volapük: (♂♀) selidöpilaban, (♂) selidöpihilaban, (♀) selidöpijilaban, (♂♀) tedülan (vo), (♂) hitedülan, (♀) jitedülan
• Welsh: siopwr (cy) m