workshop

See also: Workshop

English

WOTD – 24 December 2007

Etymology

From work +‎ shop.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

workshop ‎(plural workshops)

1. A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.
   • Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge

     A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.

2. A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.
3. An academic conference.

Derived terms

• idle hands are the devil's workshop
• Santa's workshop

Translations

small manufacturing room

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: արհեստանոց ‎(arhestanocʿ)
• Azeri: atelye
• Belarusian: майстэ́рня f ‎(majstérnja)
• Catalan: taller (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車間 (zh), 车间 (zh) ‎(chējiān), 作坊 (zh) ‎(zuōfang)

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

• Italian: laboratorio (it) m, bottega (it)
• Japanese: 作業場 ‎(さぎょうば, sagyōba), アトリエ ‎(atorie)
• Korean: 작업장 (ko) ‎(jageopjang), 아틀리에 (ko) ‎(ateullie)
• Macedonian: работи́лница f ‎(rabotílnica)
• Malay: bengkel, woksyop (ms)
• Maori: wharemahi
• Persian: کارگاه (fa) ‎(kârgâh)
• Polish: warsztat (pl) m
• Portuguese: oficina (pt) f
• Romanian: atelier (ro) n
• Russian: мастерска́я (ru) f ‎(masterskája), цех (ru) m ‎(cex), ателье́ (ru) n ‎(atɛlʹjé)
• Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach f
• Slovak: dielňa f
• Spanish: taller (es) m
• Swedish: verkstad (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: atölye (tr)
• Ukrainian: майсте́рня f ‎(majstérnja)
• Vietnamese: xưởng (vi)
• Volapük: voböp (vo)

intensive course of education

• Catalan: taller (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: workshop (nl)
• Estonian: õpituba
• Finnish: työpaja, ryhmätyökurssi
• French: atelier (fr) m
• German: Workshop (de) m
• Greek: εργαστήρια (el) n pl ‎(ergastíria)
• Hungarian: intenzív kurzus
• Indonesian: lokakarya (id)

• Italian: laboratorio (it) m, workshop (it)
• Japanese: 講習会 ‎(こうしゅうかい, kōshūkai), 研修会 ‎(けんしゅうかい, kenshūkai)
• Macedonian: работи́лница f ‎(rabotílnica)
• Malay: bengkel
• Polish: warsztaty pl
• Portuguese: seminário (pt) m, workshop (pt) m
• Russian: семина́р (ru) m ‎(seminár)
• Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach f
• Spanish: taller (es) m
• Swedish: workshop (sv) c
• Turkish: çalıştay (tr)

academic conference

• Catalan: seminari (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

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

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 工作坊
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} werkplaats (nl) f, m

• Old Church Slavonic: ^{(please verify)} дѣльникъ m ‎(dělĭnikŭ)

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.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English workshop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvørkʃop]
• Hyphenation: work‧shop

Noun

workshop ‎(plural workshopok)

1. workshop

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	workshop	workshopok
accusative	workshopot	workshopokat
dative	workshopnak	workshopoknak
instrumental	workshoppal	workshopokkal
causal-final	workshopért	workshopokért
translative	workshoppá	workshopokká
terminative	workshopig	workshopokig
essive-formal	workshopként	workshopokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	workshopban	workshopokban
superessive	workshopon	workshopokon
adessive	workshopnál	workshopoknál
illative	workshopba	workshopokba
sublative	workshopra	workshopokra
allative	workshophoz	workshopokhoz
elative	workshopból	workshopokból
delative	workshopról	workshopokról
ablative	workshoptól	workshopoktól

Possessive forms of workshop
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	workshopom	workshopjaim
2nd person sing.	workshopod	workshopjaid
3rd person sing.	workshopja	workshopjai
1st person plural	workshopunk	workshopjaink
2nd person plural	workshopotok	workshopjaitok
3rd person plural	workshopjuk	workshopjaik

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Portuguese

Noun

workshop m (plural workshops)

1. workshop (intensive course of education)

Synonyms

• seminário