# boutique
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buːˈtiːk/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Southern US) IPA: /boʊˈtik/
* Rhymes: -iːk

### Noun

boutique (plural boutiques)
* A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
* A small shop located within a larger one.
* (film) A film production company making only a few movies per year.
* (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

* botiquey
* boutique camping
* boutique hotel
* boutiquelike
* boutiquey
* e-boutique
* fruitique
* postique

#### Related terms

* apothecary

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: botik

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

From French boutique. Doublet of apteekki and putiikki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbutiːk/, [ˈbut̪iːk]
* Rhymes: -utiːk

### Noun

boutique
* boutique (all senses)
    Synonym: putiikki

#### Declension

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
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
boutiquemme
boutiquemme
accusative
nom.
boutiquemme
boutiquemme
gen.
boutiquemme
genitive
boutiquemme
boutiquejemme boutiqueimme $^{rare}$
partitive
boutiqueamme
boutiquejamme
inessive
boutiquessamme
boutiqueissamme
elative
boutiquestamme
boutiqueistamme
illative
boutiqueemme
boutiqueihimme
adessive
boutiquellamme
boutiqueillamme
ablative
boutiqueltamme
boutiqueiltamme
allative
boutiquellemme
boutiqueillemme
essive
boutiquenamme
boutiqueinamme
translative
boutiqueksemme
boutiqueiksemme
abessive
boutiquettamme
boutiqueittamme
instructive
comitative
—boutiqueinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
boutiquenne
boutiquenne
accusative
nom.
boutiquenne
boutiquenne
gen.
boutiquenne
genitive
boutiquenne
boutiquejenne boutiqueinne $^{rare}$
partitive
boutiqueanne
boutiquejanne
inessive
boutiquessanne
boutiqueissanne
elative
boutiquestanne
boutiqueistanne
illative
boutiqueenne
boutiqueihinne
adessive
boutiquellanne
boutiqueillanne
ablative
boutiqueltanne
boutiqueiltanne
allative
boutiquellenne
boutiqueillenne
essive
boutiquenanne
boutiqueinanne
translative
boutiqueksenne
boutiqueiksenne
abessive
boutiquettanne
boutiqueittanne
instructive
comitative
—boutiqueinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
boutiquensa
boutiquensa
accusative
nom.
boutiquensa
boutiquensa
gen.
boutiquensa
genitive
boutiquensa
boutiquejensa boutiqueinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
boutiqueaan boutiqueansa
boutiquejaan boutiquejansa
inessive
boutiquessaan boutiquessansa
boutiqueissaan boutiqueissansa
elative
boutiquestaan boutiquestansa
boutiqueistaan boutiqueistansa
illative
boutiqueensa
boutiqueihinsa
adessive
boutiquellaan boutiquellansa
boutiqueillaan boutiqueillansa
ablative
boutiqueltaan boutiqueltansa
boutiqueiltaan boutiqueiltansa
allative
boutiquelleen boutiquellensa
boutiqueilleen boutiqueillensa
essive
boutiquenaan boutiquenansa
boutiqueinaan boutiqueinansa
translative
boutiquekseen boutiqueksensa
boutiqueikseen boutiqueiksensa
abessive
boutiquettaan boutiquettansa
boutiqueittaan boutiqueittansa
instructive
comitative
—boutiqueineen boutiqueinensa :

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu.tik/
* (Quebec) IPA: /bu.t͡sɪk/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)
* (small) shop; boutique

#### Derived terms

* boutiquier
* fermer boutique
* garder la boutique
* tenir la boutique

#### Related terms

* apothicaire

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: butik
* → Armenian: բուտիկ (butik)
* → Asturian: botica
* → Azerbaijani: butik
* → Czech: butik
* → Danish: butik
* → Dutch: boetiek, boutiek (superseded), boutique (superseded)
** → Indonesian: butik
* → English: boutique
** → Cebuano: botik
* → Estonian: butiik
* → Finnish: boutique
* → Galician: botica
* → German: Boutique (semantic loan)
* → Georgian: ბუტიკი (buṭiḳi)
* → Greek: μπουτίκ (boutík)
* → Hebrew: בוטיק (butik)
* → Hungarian: butik
* → Italian: boutique
* → Japanese: ブティック (butikku)
* → Korean: 부티크 (butikeu)
* → Luxembourgish: Buttek
* → Moore: bitga (“store, boutique”)
* → Moroccan Arabic: بوتيكة (butika)
* → Norwegian: butikk, boutique
* → Malay: butik
* → Persian: بوتیک (butik)
* → Picard: boutique
* → Polish: butik
* → Portuguese: botica, butique
* → Romanian: butic
* → Russian: бутик (butik)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бутик
    Latin script: butik
* → Slovak: butik
* → Spanish: botica, boutique (see there for further descendants)
* → Swedish: butik
** → Finnish: putiikki
* → Turkish: butik
* → Ukrainian: бутик (butyk)

### Further reading

* “boutique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of bottega.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buˈtik/
* Rhymes: -ik

### Noun

boutique f (invariable)
* boutique (shop)

### References

* ↑ boutique in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Middle French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan botica.

### Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)
* shop (building where one can purchase items or services)

#### Descendants

* French: boutique (see there for further descendants)
* Norman: boutique, bouotique (Cotentin)
* → German: Boutique, Budike (archaic sense only), Butike, Butik (now nonstandard)

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* bouotique (Cotentin)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)
* (Jersey) shop

#### Derived terms

* boutique à bottes (“shoe shop”)
* boutique à chucrîns (“sweet shop”)
* boutique à présents (“gift shop”)
* boutique à souv'nîns (“souvenir shop”)
* boutique d'habilements (“clothes shop”)
* boutiqu'sie (“shopping”)
* boutitchi (“to shop”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French boutique.

### Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)
* Alternative spelling of butique

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buˈtik/ [buˈt̪ik]
* Rhymes: -ik

### Noun

boutique f (plural boutiques)
* 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.

### Further reading

* “boutique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10