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/

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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.
   • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 633494058, (please specify the chapter number):

     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.
   • 2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents‎^[1]:

     On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.

3. An academic conference.

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

small manufacturing room

• Albanian: punëtori (sq) f, punishte (sq)
• Arabic: مَشْغَل‎ m (mašḡal), وَرْشَة‎ f (warša)

  Hijazi Arabic: وَرْشَة‎ f (warša),

• Armenian: արհեստանոց (hy) (arhestanocʿ)
• Azerbaijani: atelye, emalatxana, sex (az)
• Belarusian: майстэ́рня f (majstérnja), атэлье́ n (atelʹjé), цэх m (cex)
• Bengali: কর্মশালা (kôrmśala)
• Bezhta: артел (artel)
• Bulgarian: работи́лница (bg) f (rabotílnica), цех (bg) m (ceh)
• Burmese: အလုပ်ရုံ (my) (a.lup-rum)
• Catalan: taller (ca) m, obrador (ca) m
• Chichewa: shopo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車間 (zh), 车间 (zh) (chējiān), 作坊 (zh) (zuōfang), 工房 (zh) (gōngfáng), 工作坊 (gōngzuòfáng)

• Czech: dílna (cs) f
• Dalmatian: botaiga f
• Danish: værksted (da) n
• Dutch: atelier (nl) n, werkplaats (nl) m or f
• Egyptian: (jz)
• Esperanto: metiejo, laborejo
• Estonian: töökoda (et)
• Finnish: työpaja (fi), verstas (fi), paja (fi)
• French: atelier (fr) m
• Galician: obradoiro m, taller (gl) m
• Georgian: სახელოსნო (saxelosno)
• German: Werkstatt (de) f
• Greek: εργαστήριο (el) n (ergastírio)

  Ancient: ἐργαστήριον n (ergastḗrion)

• Hebrew: סַדְנָה‎ (he) f (sadná)
• Hindi: कर्मशाला (hi) f (karmaśālā), कारख़ाना m (kārxānā)
• Hungarian: műhely (hu)
• Icelandic: smiðja (is) f, verkstæði (is) n
• Indonesian: bengkel (id)
• Irish: ceárta f, ceardlann f
• Italian: laboratorio (it) m, bottega (it)
• Japanese: 作業場 (さぎょうば, sagyōba), アトリエ (atorie), 工房 (ja) (こうぼう, kōbō)
• Kazakh: шеберхана (şeberxana), тігінхана (tıgınxana), ұстахана (ūstaxana), цех (sex)
• Khmer: រោងជាង (km) (roong ciəng)
• Korean: 작업장(作業場) (ko) (jageopjang), 아틀리에 (ko) (ateullie), 공방(工房) (ko) (gongbang), 작업실(作業室) (ko) (jageopsil)
• Kyrgyz: мастерская (masterskaya), устакана (ky) (ustakana), цех (ky) (tseh)
• Lao: ຫ້ອງຊ່າງ, ໂຮງງານ (lo) (hōng ngān)
• Latin: opificīna f, officīna f
• Latvian: darbnīca f, cehs m
• Lithuanian: dirbtuvė f, cechas m
• Macedonian: работилница f (rabotilnica)
• Malay: bengkel (ms), woksyop (ms)
• Maori: wharemahi
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: цех (mn) (cex)

  Mongolian: ᠼᠧᠾᠡ (cēhe)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verksted (no) n

• Old English: weorchūs n
• Pashto: ورکشاپ‎ m (warkšãр)
• Persian: کارگاه‎ (fa) (kârgâh)
• Plautdietsch: Woakjstow f
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: радио́ница f

  Roman: radiónica (sh) f

• Slovak: dielňa f
• Slovene: delavnica (sl) f
• Spanish: taller (es) m
• Swedish: verkstad (sv) c
• Tajik: устохона (ustoxona), корхона (korxona), коргоҳ (korgoh)
• Thai: โรงงาน (th) (roong-ngaan)
• Turkish: atölye (tr)
• Turkmen: ussahana
• Ukrainian: майсте́рня f (majstérnja), ательє́ (uk) n (atelʹjé), цех (uk) m (cex), робі́тня f (robítnja)
• Urdu: کارگاہ‎ m (kārgāh), کارخانہ‎ m (kārxānā)
• Uyghur: سېخ‎ (sëx)
• Uzbek: ustaxona (uz), ishxona (uz), masterskoy (uz), korgoh (uz) (dated), sex (uz)
• Vietnamese: xưởng (vi)
• Volapük: voböp (vo)
• Welsh: gweithdy m
• Zazaki: atolye, inalatxane, paloke

intensive course of education

• Bulgarian: семинар m (seminar)
• Catalan: taller (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: workshop (nl)
• Estonian: õpituba
• Finnish: työpaja (fi), ryhmätyökurssi
• French: atelier (fr) m
• Galician: obradoiro m, taller (gl) m
• German: Workshop (de) m
• Greek: εργαστήρια (el) n pl (ergastíria)
• Hungarian: intenzív kurzus
• Indonesian: lokakarya (id)
• Irish: ceardlann f
• Italian: laboratorio (it) m, workshop (it)
• Japanese: 講習会 (ja) (こうしゅうかい, kōshūkai), 研修会 (けんしゅうかい, kenshūkai), ワークショップ (ja) (wākushoppu)
• Korean: 강습회(講習會) (gangseuphoe), 연수회(硏修會) (yeonsuhoe), 워크숍 (ko) (wokeusyop)
• Ladino: atelyer
• Macedonian: работилница f (rabotilnica)
• Malay: bengkel (ms)
• Persian: کارگاه‎ (fa) (kârgâh)
• Polish: warsztaty (pl) 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)
• Zazaki: gureygah

academic conference

• Bulgarian: симпо́зиум m (simpózium)
• Catalan: seminari (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: työpaja (fi), workshop (fi)
• Galician: seminario (gl) m
• German: Workshop (de) m
• Italian: seminario (it), workshop (it)
• Japanese: 講習会 (ja) (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)
• Persian: کارگاه‎ (fa) (kârgâh)
• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} werkplaats (nl) f or 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.
2. (transitive) To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop.
   • 2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown and Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:

     Some in-class tutorial time was set aside for workshopping the entries.

3. (transitive, business) To improve through collaboration.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English workshop.

Pronunciation

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

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
non-attributive possessive - singular	workshopé	workshopoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	workshopéi	workshopokéi

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English workshop.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌwoʁk.ˈʃɔp/, /ˌwoʁk.ˈʃɔ.pi/

Noun

workshop m (plural workshops)

1. workshop (intensive course of education in a specific subject)

   Synonym: seminário

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English workshop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwoɾɡʃop/ [ˈwoɾɣ̞.ʃop]
• Rhymes: -oɾɡʃop

Noun

workshop m (plural workshops)

1. workshop

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.