boutique
pronunciation
How to pronounce boutique in British English:
UK [buːˈtiːk]
How to pronounce boutique in American English:
US [buːˈtiːk]
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- Noun:
- a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
Word Origin
- boutique
- boutique: see apothecary
- boutique (n.)
- "fashion shop," 1953, earlier "small shop of any sort" (1767), from French boutique (14c.), from Old Provençal botica, from Latin apotheca "storehouse" (see apothecary). Latin apotheca directly into French normally would have yielded *avouaie.
Example
- 1. It is the antithesis of a boutique displaying luxury goods .
- 2. Ah , yes . Is there a boutique in the hotel ?
- 3. Or if you want , you can start your own curated boutique and get followers of your own .
- 4. The boutique shop inside a five star hotel required some very talented person to pull it off .
- 5. The privately owned company already has stores in tokyo and seoul and recently opened a new boutique in singapore .