taller

See also: tallér

English

Alternative forms

• tallah, talluh (eye dialect)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː.lə/
  • (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.læ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.lɚ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.lɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːlə(ɹ)

Adjective

taller

1. comparative form of tall: more tall

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French atelier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [təˈʎe̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [təˈʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taˈʎeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [taˈʎe]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

taller m (plural tallers)

1. workshop

Further reading

• “taller”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “taller”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “taller” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “taller”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taller, itself from French atelier.

Noun

taller m (plural talleres)

1. workshop

   Synonym: obradoiro

2. studio of an artist
3. repair shop, garage

Further reading

• “taller”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French atelier. Doublet of atelier.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taˈʝeɾ/ [t̪aˈʝeɾ]

• IPA^(key): /taˈʝeɾ/ [t̪aˈʝeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /taˈʎeɾ/ [t̪aˈʎeɾ] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /taˈʃeɾ/ [t̪aˈʃeɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /taˈʒeɾ/ [t̪aˈʒeɾ] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /taˈeɾ/ [t̪aˈeɾ] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧ller

Noun

taller m (plural talleres)

1. workshop

   Synonym: oficina

2. studio (of an artist)

   Synonym: estudio

3. repair shop, garage

   Synonym: garaje

Derived terms

• taller mecánico

Descendants

• → Tagalog: talyer

Further reading

• “taller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025