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boutique

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See also: Boutique

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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 that has an exclusively smaller client base generally in a niche market or specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services.
    a boutique software consultancy
    • 1982, ABA Journal, volume 68, page 661:
      To keep attracting clients, the law firm of the future just might turn into a legal boutique, says Earle Yaffa, the managing director []

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Cebuano: botik

Translations

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From French boutique. Doublet of apteekki and putiikki.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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boutique

  1. boutique (all senses)
    Synonym: putiikki

Declension

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Inflection of boutique (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative boutique boutiquet
genitive boutiquen boutiquejen
partitive boutiquea boutiqueja
illative boutiqueen boutiqueihin
singular plural
nominative boutique boutiquet
accusative nom. boutique boutiquet
gen. boutiquen
genitive boutiquen boutiquejen
boutiquein rare
partitive boutiquea boutiqueja
inessive boutiquessa boutiqueissa
elative boutiquesta boutiqueista
illative boutiqueen boutiqueihin
adessive boutiquella boutiqueilla
ablative boutiquelta boutiqueilta
allative boutiquelle boutiqueille
essive boutiquena boutiqueina
translative boutiqueksi boutiqueiksi
abessive boutiquetta boutiqueitta
instructive boutiquein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of boutique (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative boutiqueni boutiqueni
accusative nom. boutiqueni boutiqueni
gen. boutiqueni
genitive boutiqueni boutiquejeni
boutiqueini rare
partitive boutiqueani boutiquejani
inessive boutiquessani boutiqueissani
elative boutiquestani boutiqueistani
illative boutiqueeni boutiqueihini
adessive boutiquellani boutiqueillani
ablative boutiqueltani boutiqueiltani
allative boutiquelleni boutiqueilleni
essive boutiquenani boutiqueinani
translative boutiquekseni boutiqueikseni
abessive boutiquettani boutiqueittani
instructive
comitative boutiqueineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative boutiquesi boutiquesi
accusative nom. boutiquesi boutiquesi
gen. boutiquesi
genitive boutiquesi boutiquejesi
boutiqueisi rare
partitive boutiqueasi boutiquejasi
inessive boutiquessasi boutiqueissasi
elative boutiquestasi boutiqueistasi
illative boutiqueesi boutiqueihisi
adessive boutiquellasi boutiqueillasi
ablative boutiqueltasi boutiqueiltasi
allative boutiquellesi boutiqueillesi
essive boutiquenasi boutiqueinasi
translative boutiqueksesi boutiqueiksesi
abessive boutiquettasi boutiqueittasi
instructive
comitative boutiqueinesi

French

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boutique

Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French boutique, borrowed from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē). Doublet of bodéga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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boutique f (plural boutiques)

  1. (small) shop; boutique

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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of bottega.

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Noun

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boutique f (invariable)

  1. boutique (shop)

References

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  1. ^ boutique in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Middle French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Occitan botica.

Noun

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boutique f (plural boutiques)

  1. shop (building where one can purchase items or services)

Descendants

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Occitan botica (or French boutique), from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, repository, storehouse).

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Noun

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boutique f (plural boutiques)

  1. (Jersey) shop

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French boutique.

Noun

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boutique f (plural boutiques)

  1. Alternative spelling of butique

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French boutique. Doublet of apoteca, bodega, and botica.

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Noun

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boutique f (plural boutiques)

  1. boutique

Usage notes

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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.

Further reading

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