boutique

See also: Boutique

boutique - English

Pronunciation

  • (Southern American English) IPA: /boʊˈtik/

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 specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services for clientele in a niche market.
    • a boutique software consultancy

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

boutique - French

Pronunciation

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

Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)

  1. (small) shop; boutique

Derived terms

Descendants

boutique - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /buˈtik/

Noun

boutique f (invariable)

  1. boutique (shop)

boutique - Middle French

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

boutique - Norman

Alternative forms

  • bouotique (Cotentin)

Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)

  1. (Jersey) shop

Derived terms

boutique - Portuguese

Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)

  1. Alternative spelling of butique

boutique - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /buˈtik/ [buˈt̪ik]

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.

Meaning and Definition of boutique
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