antique shop

English

Alternative forms

• antiques shop

Etymology

From antique (“noun”) +‎ shop.

Pronunciation

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Noun

antique shop (plural antique shops)

1. (retail) A business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets.

   My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 144:

     New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.

   • 2007, US Census Bureau, Last week, Sarah cleaned and painted the back room of her house in preparation for setting up an antique shop there.:

Synonyms

• antiques store
• antique store

Related terms

• antiquarian
• antiquary
• antique collector
• antique dealer
• antiques market

Translations

store selling antiques

• Finnish: antikvariaatti (fi), vanhain tavarain kauppa, divari (fi)
• German: Antiquitätenladen (de) m, Antiquitätengeschäft (de) n
• Hungarian: régiségbolt (hu), régiségkereskedés (hu)
• Macedonian: старинарница f (starinarnica), антикварница f (antikvarnica)
• Polish: antykwariat (pl) m, antykwarnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: antiquário (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: антикварница f (antikvarnica)
• Slovene: starinarna f, antikvariat m
• Welsh: siop hen bethau (cy) f