# shop
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ʃɒp/
* (General American) enPR: shäp, IPA: /ʃɑp/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒp

### Noun

shop (countable and uncountable, plural shops)
* An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
** 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter.
* A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
** c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:A tailor called me in his shop.
** 1986 December 14, Willie Rice, “He Is White And I Am Black”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 4:I just left Dannemora and the same thing is happening here at Auburn prison […] They don't want to put me in the plate shop or let me have a good paying job.
* A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
    The car's in the shop right now.
* Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
* (figurative, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
** 1917, South African Chemical Institute, Proceedings, page 28:What struck me about the occasion was the quiet though cheerful tone of the gathering, the restraint, noticeable also in the very few speeches. Chemistry was taboo, by common consent — no "shop" allowed.
** 1919, Virginia Woolf, Night and Day:But Mary cut her short. "We don't allow shop at tea, Sally," she said firmly.
** 1953, Winston Churchill, “Strain and Suspense”, in The Second World War, page 619:Nothing but shop was ever talked on any of these occasions. I am sure these close relationships were necessary for the conduct of the war, and I could not have grasped the whole position without them.
* A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skills.
* An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
    a barber shop
* An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
    This is where I do my weekly shop.
* (UK, colloquial) The collective items bought (or to be bought) on a shopping trip.
    I’ve got a big shop, so feel free to go in front.

#### Synonyms

* (establishment that sells goods): boutique, retail outlet, store (US and Canada); see also Thesaurus:retail store
* (place where things are crafted): atelier, studio, workshop
* (automobile mechanic's workplace): garage
* (workplace): office, place of work, workplace
* (wood shop): carpentry, wood shop, woodwork
* (metal shop): metal shop, metalwork, machine shop

#### Derived terms

* $2 shop
* adult shop
* agency shop
* aleshop
* all over the shop
* antique shop
* antiques shop
* apple-dumpling shop
* apple dumpling shop
* auto shop
* backshop
* baitshop
* bakeshop
* beauty shop
* beershop
* Berlin shop
* betting shop
* big shop
* birdshop
* blackshop
* blogshop
* body shop
* boiler shop
* book shop
* bookshop
* bottle shop
* bucket shop
* butchershop
* butcher shop
* butcher's shop
* cake shop
* cakeshop
* candy shop
* charity shop
* chemist shop
* chicken shop
* chip shop
* chop-shop
* chop shop
* close up shop
* clothes shop
* cock-robin shop
* coffee shop
* comparison shop
* comparison-shop
* comp shop
* computer shop
* consignment shop
* cookshop
* cop shop
* copy shop
* corner shop
* cuca shop
* cybershop
* dolly shop
* dope-shop
* dramshop
* drink shop
* drugshop
* erecting shop
* e-shop
* Europe shop
* fancy shop
* farm shop
* food shop
* foreshop
* free shop
* fruitshop
* fruit shop
* fuckshop
* gift shop
* ginshop
* give-away shop
* Gospel shop
* grocery shop
* grogshop
* grog shop
* gunshop
* ham and beef shop
* head shop
* hockshop
* hook shop
* hot bread shop
* hot shop
* hush shop
* icecream shop
* ice cream shop
* ice-cream shop
* infoshop
* intershop
* intrashop
* jerry-shop
* jeweller's shop
* job shop
* joke shop
* junk shop
* junkshop
* kip-shop
* knocking shop
* knocking-shop
* knock-shop
* knock shop
* last chicken in the shop
* leaving shop
* lifting shop
* like a bull in a china shop
* machine shop
* magic shop
* malt shop
* mamak shop
* mama shop
* mind the shop
* model shop
* multishop
* music shop
* mystery shop
* nailshop
* nanny shop
* one-stop shop
* open shop
* opportunity shop
* op shop
* overshop
* paint shop
* Paki shop
* pantile shop
* paper shop
* pastry shop
* pawnshop
* pawn shop
* pet shop
* Photoshop
* pieshop
* pizza shop
* policy shop
* pop shop
* porn shop
* pot shop
* pound-shop
* pound shop
* printing shop
* printshop
* print shop
* private shop
* pro shop
* rag-and-bone shop
* rag-shop
* record shop
* recycle shop
* repair shop
* rumshop
* runaway shop
* schism-shop
* science shop
* scruple-shop
* second-hand shop
* set up shop
* sex shop
* sharbing
* shoe shop
* shopaholic
* shop assistant
* shopathon
* shop-bell
* shopboard
* shopbook
* shopbot
* shop-bought
* shopbought
* shop-bouncer
* shopboy
* shopbreaker
* shopbreaking
* shopdropping
* shopette
* shopfitter
* shopfitting
* shopfloor
* shopfolk
* shopfront, shop front
* shopful
* shopgirl
* shop-goer
* shopgoer
* shophouse
* shopkeep
* shopkeeper
* shop keeper
* shopkeeping
* shoplady
* shopless
* shoplet
* shop-lift
* shoplifter
* shoplike
* shopmaid
* shopman
* shopmark
* shopmate
* shopocracy
* shopoffice
* shopoholic
* shopowner, shop owner
* shoppie
* shoppish
* shoppy
* shoppy shop
* shop right
* shop-soiled
* shopstead
* shop steal
* shop stealer
* shop steward
* shop talk
* shoptalk
* shop time
* shop towel
* shopvac
* shop-walker
* shopward
* shopwards
* shopway
* shopwear
* shop window
* shopwoman
* shopwork
* shopworker
* shopworn
* shop-worn
* shut up shop
* skateshop
* slap-bang shop
* slice shop
* slop shop
* smart shop
* smell of the shop
* smokeshop
* specialty shop
* swag-shop
* swap shop
* sweat shop
* sweatshop
* sweet shop, sweet-shop, sweetshop
* talking shop
* talk shop
* talkshop
* tally shop
* tea shop
* textshop
* the whole shop
* thrift shop
* tip shop
* toll shop
* Tom-and-Jerry shop
* top of the shop
* topshop
* toyshop, toy shop
* tradeshop
* tuck shop
* two-dollar shop
* union shop
* variety shop
* vintage shop
* vulcanizing shop
* webshop
* web shop
* what-not shop
* wheel shop
* whistling shop
* window-shop
* wine shop
* wineshop
* wobble shop
* woodshop
* wood shop
* workshop
* wreck shop

#### Related terms

* shoppe

#### Descendants

* → Cornish: shoppa
* → Irish: siopa
* → Japanese: ショップ (shoppu), (Okinawa) シャープ (shāpu)
* → Manx: shapp
* → Norwegian: sjappe
* → Telugu: షాప్ (ṣāp)
* → Welsh: siop

#### Translations

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### Verb

shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)
* (intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
    I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.
    He’s shopping for clothes.
* (transitive) To browse or purchase products from (a catalog, an internet website, etc.), mostly from home.
    Shop our new arrivals.
** 1988, Sylvia Harney, Married beyond recognition: a humorous look at marriage, page 90:You fantasized about having unhurried afternoons before the baby arrived to leisurely shop your favorite boutiques. Then the first crash hits — you no longer have the money to shop your favorite boutiques.
* (transitive, slang, chiefly UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
    He shopped his mates in to the police.
* (transitive, slang, chiefly UK) To imprison.
* (transitive, Internet slang) To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
* (transitive, slang, archaic) To dismiss from employment.
    Synonyms: fire, sack
* (transitive, colloquial) To investigate or evaluate as a mystery shopper.
** quoted in 1970, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Benefit Series Service: Unemployment Insurance (page 221-7)
    A grocery clerk who, after he had been "shopped" on occasions, was discharged because he had admitted that on one occasion he had not rung up a sale immediately after the transaction, as required by the company rule, but had recorded it later when he had remembered it, held discharged, but not for misconduct connected with his work […]
** 2001, Stuart Tannock, Youth at Work: The Unionized Fast-food and Grocery Workplace, page 50:Because mystery shoppers' reports are presented to employees some time (often several days) after they have "been shopped," employees may not be able to recall who the mystery shopper was, even after the fact — and, consequently, they may be unable to judge the accuracy and fairness of these reports.

#### Synonyms

* (to report a criminal to authority): grass up (slang)

#### Derived terms

* outshop
* shop around
* shoppability
* shoppable
* shopper
* shop till you drop
* vaccine-shop
* window shopping

#### Descendants

* → Danish: shoppe
* → Dutch: shoppen
* → Finnish: shoppailla
* → German: shoppen
* → Swedish: shoppa
* → Welsh: siopa

#### References

* (dismiss from employment): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

### Interjection

shop
* (dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

### Further reading

* “shop”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, hosp, phos, posh, soph

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

shop m (plural shops, diminutive shopje n)
* shop
    Synonym: winkel

#### Derived terms

* koffieshop

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃop/, [ˈʃo̞p]
* Rhymes: -op

### Noun

shop
* (Anglism) Alternative form of shoppi (establishment that sells goods or services to the public).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of shop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shopini
shopini
accusative
nom.
shopini
shopini
gen.
shopini
genitive
shopini
shopieni
partitive
shopiani
shopejani
inessive
shopissani
shopeissani
elative
shopistani
shopeistani
illative
shopiini
shopeihini
adessive
shopillani
shopeillani
ablative
shopiltani
shopeiltani
allative
shopilleni
shopeilleni
essive
shopinani
shopeinani
translative
shopikseni
shopeikseni
abessive
shopittani
shopeittani
instructive
comitative
—shopeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shopisi
shopisi
accusative
nom.
shopisi
shopisi
gen.
shopisi
genitive
shopisi
shopiesi
partitive
shopiasi
shopejasi
inessive
shopissasi
shopeissasi
elative
shopistasi
shopeistasi
illative
shopiisi
shopeihisi
adessive
shopillasi
shopeillasi
ablative
shopiltasi
shopeiltasi
allative
shopillesi
shopeillesi
essive
shopinasi
shopeinasi
translative
shopiksesi
shopeiksesi
abessive
shopittasi
shopeittasi
instructive
comitative
—shopeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shopimme
shopimme
accusative
nom.
shopimme
shopimme
gen.
shopimme
genitive
shopimme
shopiemme
partitive
shopiamme
shopejamme
inessive
shopissamme
shopeissamme
elative
shopistamme
shopeistamme
illative
shopiimme
shopeihimme
adessive
shopillamme
shopeillamme
ablative
shopiltamme
shopeiltamme
allative
shopillemme
shopeillemme
essive
shopinamme
shopeinamme
translative
shopiksemme
shopeiksemme
abessive
shopittamme
shopeittamme
instructive
comitative
—shopeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shopinne
shopinne
accusative
nom.
shopinne
shopinne
gen.
shopinne
genitive
shopinne
shopienne
partitive
shopianne
shopejanne
inessive
shopissanne
shopeissanne
elative
shopistanne
shopeistanne
illative
shopiinne
shopeihinne
adessive
shopillanne
shopeillanne
ablative
shopiltanne
shopeiltanne
allative
shopillenne
shopeillenne
essive
shopinanne
shopeinanne
translative
shopiksenne
shopeiksenne
abessive
shopittanne
shopeittanne
instructive
comitative
—shopeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shopinsa
shopinsa
accusative
nom.
shopinsa
shopinsa
gen.
shopinsa
genitive
shopinsa
shopiensa
partitive
shopiaan shopiansa
shopejaan shopejansa
inessive
shopissaan shopissansa
shopeissaan shopeissansa
elative
shopistaan shopistansa
shopeistaan shopeistansa
illative
shopiinsa
shopeihinsa
adessive
shopillaan shopillansa
shopeillaan shopeillansa
ablative
shopiltaan shopiltansa
shopeiltaan shopeiltansa
allative
shopilleen shopillensa
shopeilleen shopeillensa
essive
shopinaan shopinansa
shopeinaan shopeinansa
translative
shopikseen shopiksensa
shopeikseen shopeiksensa
abessive
shopittaan shopittansa
shopeittaan shopeittansa
instructive
comitative
—shopeineen shopeinensa :

### Further reading

* “shop”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɔp/

### Noun

shop f (plural shops)
* (North America, anglicism) workshop

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shop.

### Noun

shop n (plural shopuri)
* a small shop
* (historical) a hard currency shop