workshop

WOTD – 24 December 2007

See also: Workshop

English

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 small room where things are manufactured, or light industrial work is done
2. A brief intensive course of education for a small group; emphasizes interaction and practical problem solving
3. An academic conference

Translations

small manufacturing room

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: արհեստանոց (arhestanocʿ)
• Catalan: taller (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車間, 车间 (zh) (chējiān)

• 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: please add this translation if you can
• German: Werkstatt (de) f
• Greek: εργαστήριο (el) n (ergastírio)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: műhely (hu)
• Irish: ceárta f

• Italian: laboratorio (it) m
• Japanese: 作業場 (さぎょうば, sagyōba)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: работилница f (rabotílnica)
• Malay: bengkel, woksyop (ms)
• Persian: کارگاه (fa) (kârgâh)
• Polish: warsztat (pl) m
• Portuguese: oficina (pt) f
• Romanian: atelier (ro) n
• Russian: мастерская (ru) f (masterskája), цех (ru) m (cex)
• Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach f
• Spanish: taller (es) m
• Swedish: verkstad (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• 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 m
• Hungarian: intenzív kurzus
• Indonesian: lokakarya (id)

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

academic conference

• Catalan: seminari m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研討會 (zh), 研讨会 (yántǎohuì)

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

• 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: секция (ru) f (sékcija), семинар (ru) m (seminár), симпозиум (ru) m (simpózium)
• Spanish: taller (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 工作坊
• Dutch: werkplaats (nl) f, m

• Old Church Slavonic: 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.