workshop

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

English

Etymology

From work +‎ shop.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

workshop (plural workshops)

1. A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.
2. A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.
3. An academic conference.

Derived terms

Translations

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

Anagrams

• shopwork

Finnish

Etymology

< English workshop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwøːkʃop/, [ˈwø̞ːkʃo̞p]
• Rhymes: -øːkʃop

Noun

workshop

1. Synonym of työpaja (“workshop (academic conference)”).

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

From English workshop.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

workshop (plural workshopok)

1. workshop

Declension

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English workshop.

Pronunciation

Noun

workshop m (plural workshops)

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

   Synonyms: seminário, oficina

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.