boutique

English Online Dictionary. What means boutique‎? What does boutique mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːˈtiːk/
• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /boʊˈtik/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

boutique (plural boutiques)

1. A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
2. A small shop located within a larger one.
3. (film) A film production company making only a few movies per year.
4. (often attributive) Any company that has an exclusively smaller client base generally in a niche market or specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services.

Derived terms

Related terms

• apothecary

Descendants

• → Cebuano: botik

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From French boutique. Doublet of apteekki and putiikki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbutiːk/, [ˈbut̪iːk]
• Rhymes: -utiːk

Noun

boutique

1. boutique (all senses)

   Synonym: putiikki

Declension

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French boutique, borrowed from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē). Doublet of bodéga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.tik/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /bu.t͡sɪk/

Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)

1. (small) shop; boutique

Derived terms

• boutiquier
• fermer boutique
• garder la boutique
• tenir la boutique

Related terms

• apothicaire

Descendants

Further reading

• “boutique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of bottega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈtik/
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

boutique f (invariable)

1. boutique (shop)

References

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan botica.

Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)

1. shop (building where one can purchase items or services)

Descendants

• French: boutique (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: boutique, bouotique (Cotentin)
• → German: Boutique, Budike (archaic sense only), Butike, Butik (now nonstandard)

Norman

Alternative forms

• bouotique (Cotentin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan botica (or French boutique), from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “repository, storehouse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)

1. (Jersey) shop

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French boutique.

Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)

1. Alternative spelling of butique

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French boutique. Doublet of apoteca, bodega, and botica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈtik/ [buˈt̪ik]
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)

1. boutique

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.

Further reading

• “boutique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28