atelier
pronunciation
How to pronounce atelier in British English:
UK [əˈtelieɪ]
How to pronounce atelier in American English:
US [ˌætlˈjeɪ]
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- Noun:
- a studio especially for an artist or designer
Word Origin
- atelier (n.)
- 1840, from French atelier "workshop," from Old French astelier "(carpenter's) workshop, woodpile" (14c.), from astele "piece of wood, a shaving, splinter," probably from Late Latin hastella "a thin stick," diminutive of hasta "spear, shaft" (see yard (n.2)).
Example
- 1. I once visited a very nice atelier in milan .
- 2. Mr. saverio is considering where to set up a new atelier .
- 3. Most of the renaissance paintings are copies or atelier works .
- 4. But it is nothing like any atelier you have seen in the west .
- 5. He also works like a top couturier by first designing his new creations on paper and then testing them in his penthouse atelier .