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shop
English
Etymology
From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English s?eoppa, s?oppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??p/
- (US) enPR: shäp, IPA(key): /??p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
shop (countable and uncountable, plural shops)
- An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
- From shop to shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.
- A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
- A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
- Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
- A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
- An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
- a barber 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 Thesaurus: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
Derived terms
Related terms
- shoppe
Descendants
Translations
Verb
shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)
- (intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
- I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.
- He’s shopping for clothes.
- (transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
- Shop our new arrivals.
- 1988, Sylvia Harney, Married beyond recognition: a humorous look at marriage (page 90)
- You fantasized about having unhurried afternoons before the baby arrived to leisurely shop your favorite boutiques. Then the first crash hits — you no longer have the money to shop your favorite boutiques.
- (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
- He shopped his mates in to the police.
- (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain) To imprison.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
Synonyms
- (to report a criminal to authority): grass up (slang)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Interjection
shop
- (dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant
Further reading
- shop at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, hosp, phos, posh, soph
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English shop.
Pronunciation
Noun
shop m (plural shops, diminutive shopje n)
- shop
- Synonym: winkel
Derived terms
- koffieshop
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English shop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??op/, [??o?p]
Noun
shop
- (Anglism) Alternative form of shoppi (establishment that sells goods or services to the public).
Declension
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parlor
English
Alternative forms
- parlour (British)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman parlur and Old French parleor, from the verb parler (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??l?/
- (General American) enPR: pär?l?r, IPA(key): /?p??l?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)l?(?)
Noun
parlor (plural parlors)
- The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room
- (archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
- (archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.
- (chiefly Southern US) A covered open-air patio.
- A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
- A shed used for milking cattle.
Synonyms
- (room): living room
- (room): sitting room
- (room): drawing room
Hypernyms
- room
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- parlor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- parlor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- parlor at OneLook Dictionary Search
Cebuano
Etymology
Short for English beauty parlor.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: par?lor
Noun
parlor
- a beauty parlor
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