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atelier.

A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əˈtɛl.jeɪ/Received-Pronunciation/əˈtɛl.i.eɪ/Received-Pronunciation/æ.təˈljeɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈæ.təˌljeɪ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.

Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French atelier, from Middle French astelier, from astelle (“small piece of wood, etc., to hold a broken bone in place, splint”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis; axle”) via Latin assula) + -ier (suffix denoting the location of an abode). Compare typologically Latin harēna, whence arena.

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