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English

Etymology

From Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa, scoppa (“shop, booth, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ʃɒp/, X-SAMPA: /SQp/
(US) enPR: shäp, IPA: /ʃɑp/, X-SAMPA: /SAp/
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Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

shop (plural shops)

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
An automobile mechanic's workplace.
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
(business, computing) an organisation using specified programming languages or software, often exclusively.
Our company is mostly a Java shop.
An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
This is where I do my weekly shop.

Synonyms

(establishment that sells goods): boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also Wikisaurus:retail store
(place where things are crafted): atelier, studio, workshop
(automobile mechanic's workplace): garage
(workplace): office, place of work, workplace
(wood shop): carpentry, wood shop, woodwork
(metal shop): metal shop, metalwork

Related terms

shoppe

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun shop

Translations

establishment that sells goods

Afrikaans: winkel (af)
Albanian: dyqan (sq) m
Arabic: دكان (ar) (dukkān) m, متجر (ar) (mátjar) m, محل (ar) (maḥall) m, مخزن (ar) (maxzan) m
Egyptian Arabic: محل (maHal) m
Armenian: խանութ (hy) (xanut')
Azeri: mağaza (az), dükan (az)
Basque: denda (eu), saltoki (eu)
Belarusian: крама (be) (kráma) f, магазін (be) (mahazín) m
Bengali: দোকান (bn) (dōkāna)
Breton: stal (br) f, stalioù (br) pl
Bulgarian: магазин (bg) (magazín) m
Catalan: botiga (ca) f, tenda (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 商店 (cmn) (shāngdiàn), 店鋪 (cmn), 店铺 (cmn) (diànpù)
Cornish: shoppa (kw)
Czech: obchod (cs) m, prodejna (cs) f
Dalmatian: stasaun
Danish: butik (da)
Dutch: winkel (nl) m
Esperanto: butiko (eo), vendejo (eo)
Estonian: pood (et), kauplus (et)
Finnish: myymälä (fi), kauppa (fi)
French: boutique (fr) f, magasin (fr) m
Galician: tenda (gl) f
Georgian: მაღაზია (ka) (maġazia)
German: Laden (de) m, Geschäft (de) n
Greek: μαγαζί (el) (magazí) n, κατάστημα (el) (katástima) n
Greenlandic: pisiniarfik (kl)
Haitian Creole: magazen
Hebrew: חֲנוּת (he) (khanút)
Hindi: दुकान (hi) (dukān) f, दूकान (hi) (dūkān) f
Hungarian: bolt (hu), üzlet (hu)
Icelandic: verslun (is) f, búð (is) f
Ido: butiko (io)
Indonesian: toko (id)
Interlingua: boteca (ia)
Irish: siopa (ga) m
Italian: magazzino (it) m, negozio (it) m
Japanese: 店 (ja) (みせ, mise), 商店 (ja) (shōten)
Jèrriais: boutique f
Kamba: ndukani
Kannada: ಅಂಗಡಿ (kn) (aṅgaḍi)
Khmer: ហាង (km) (hāng)

Kikuyu: nduka
Korean: 가게 (ko) (gage) (假家 (ko))
Kurdish:
Sorani: دوکان (ku)
Latin: taberna (la) f
Latvian: veikals (lv)
Lithuanian: parduotuvė (lt) f
Luhya: liduka
Macedonian: продавница (mk) (prodávnica) f, дуќан (mk) (dúḱan) m
Malay: kedai (ms)
Maltese: ħanut (mt), negozju (mt)
Manx: shapp (gv)
Northern Sami: gávpi
Norwegian: butikk (no) m, forretning (no) m
Persian: دکان (fa) (dokān), مغازه (fa) (mağâze)
Polish: sklep (pl) m
Portuguese: loja (pt) f
Romanian: magazin (ro) n
Russian: магазин (ru) (magazín) m, лавка (ru) (lávka) f (antiquated.)
Santali: ᱫᱳᱠᱚᱱ (dokan)
Scottish Gaelic: bùth (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: продавница (sh) f, дућан (sh) m

Roman: prodavnica (sh) f, dućan (sh) m
Slovene: trgovina (sl) f
Sotho: lebenkele (st)
Spanish: tienda (es) f, negocio (es) m, comercio (es) m
Swahili: duka (sw)
Swedish: magasin (sv), affär (sv) c, butik (sv) c, kiosk (sv) c
Tagalog: tindahan (tl)
Tamil: கடை (ta) (kaṭai)
Taos: tį̀ęndo’óna
Telugu: షాప్ (te) (ṣāp)
Tetum: loja (tet), toko (tet)
Thai: ร้าน (th) (ráan)
Turkish: dükkan (tr), dükkân (tr), mağaza (tr)
Ukrainian: крамниця (uk) (kramnýcja) f, магазин (uk) (mahazýn) m
Urdu: دکان (ur) (dukān) f, دوکان (ur) (dūkān) f
Uyghur: ماگىزىن (ug) (magizin)
Uzbek: magazin (uz)
Vietnamese: cửa hàng (vi)
Volapük: selidöp (vo)
Welsh: siop (cy) f
Yiddish: קראָם (yi) (krom), געשעפֿט (yi) (gesheft), געװעלב (yi) (gevalb), קלײט (yi) (kleyt)

workshop

Basque: lantegi (eu), lantoki (eu)
Breton: stal-labour (br) f
Cornish: shoppa (kw)
Finnish: paja (fi), työpaja (fi), tehdas (fi)
French: atelier (fr) m
Galician: obradoiro (gl) m
German: Werkstatt (de) f
Greek: εργαστήριο (el) (ergastírio) n, συνεργείο (el) (synergeío) n
Hindi: दुकान (hi) (dukān) f, दूकान (hi) (dūkān) f
Hungarian: műhely (hu)

Italian: bottega (it)
Latin: officina (la) f
Macedonian: работилница (mk) (rabotílnica) f, дуќан (mk) (dúḱan) m
Maltese: ħanut (mt)
Persian: دکان (fa) (dokān)
Polish: warsztat (pl) m
Russian: мастерская (ru) (masterskája) f
Serbo-Croatian: radionica (sh) f
Spanish: taller (es) m
Urdu: دکان (ur) (dukān) f, دوکان (ur) (dūkān) f

a class taught typically in junior high school, teaching vocational skill

Finnish: käsityö (fi), puutyö (fi), metallityö (fi)

Norwegian: sløyd (no) m

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Translations to be checked

French: (4) boutique en ligne (fr) f, (4) magasin virtuel (fr) m (= online shop; were these for a deleted sense?)
Spanish: tienda (es) f, (formal usage) comercio (es) m, (colloquial) negocio (es) m, (Colombia) almacén (es) m, (small shop) changarro (es) m (Mexico)
Swahili: duka (sw), (noun 5/6) maduka (sw) pl

Verb

shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)

(intransitive) To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
I went shopping ; he’s shopping for clothes.
(transitive, slang, chiefly UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority; to "grass up".
He shopped his mates in to the police.
(transitive, Internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Translations

to visit shops

Arabic: تسوق (ar) (tasawwaqa), تبضع (ar) (tabaḍḍaʿa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 買東西 (cmn), 买东西 (cmn) (mǎi dōngxi), 購物 (cmn), 购物 (cmn) (gòuwù)
Czech: nakupovat (cs)
Danish: handle (da), shoppe (da)
Dutch: winkelen (nl), inkopen doen (nl), shoppen (nl)
Esperanto: butikumi (eo)
Finnish: käydä kaupassa (fi), shoppailla (fi)
French: faire les magasins (fr), ‎faire du shopping, faire des courses (fr), faire des achats (fr)
German: einkaufen (de)
Greek: ψωνίζω (el) (psonízo)
Hungarian: vásárol (hu)
Italian: andare per negozi (it)
Japanese: 買い物をする (ja) (かいものをする, kaimono o suru)