butique

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• boutique (unadapted form)

Etymology

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of botica, bodega, apoteca, and adega.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃi.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃi.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃi.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈti.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iki, (Portugal) -ikɨ
• Hyphenation: bu‧ti‧que

Noun

butique f (plural butiques)

1. boutique (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewellery and the like)

Further reading

• “butique”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “butique”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025