atelier

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atelier

  • /əˈtɛl.jeɪ/ UK
  • /əˈtɛl.i.eɪ/ UK
  • /æ.təˈljeɪ/ UK
  • /ˈæ.təˌljeɪ/ UK
  • /-ˌljɛ/ UK
  • /əˈtɛlˌjeɪ/ US
  • /ˌæ.təlˈjeɪ/ US
  • [ˌæ.ɾəl-] US
  • [ˌæ.ɾɫ̩-] US

Rhymes with (one pronunciation) -eɪ

Where it 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.

noun ateliers

  1. A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house. The Dukes de Claulne, father and ſon, had laboratories for clock and vvatch making as vvell as for machinery. Theſe ateliers, as the French name them, vvere as fine and complete for the choice of tools as it vvas poſſible to find in Europe; […]

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noun Translations

Españolatelier, taller
한국어아틀리에 ateullie, 화실 hwasil, 작업실 jageopsil
日本語アトリエ atorie, 画室 gashitsu, 工房 kōbō
中文工場 /工场 gōngchǎng, gōngcháng, 工作坊 gōngzuòfáng, gōngzuòfāng, 工作室 gōngzuòshì, gōngzuòshǐ, 畫室 /画室 huàshì, 作坊 zuōfang, zuòfang
Portuguêsatelier, ateliê
Françaisatelier, cabane, studio
DeutschAtelier, Studio
Italianoatelier
Ελληνικάατελιέ atelié, εργαστήριο ergastírio
Românăatelier
Русскийателье́ atelʹjé, мастерска́я masterskája, сту́дия stúdija
العربيةمَرْسَم marsam

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@misc{atelier_2026,
  title = {atelier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atelier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}