butique
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- boutique (unadapted form)
Etymology
Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of botica, bodega, apoteca, and adega.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃi.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃi.ke/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈti.kɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -iki, (Portugal) -ikɨ
- Hyphenation: bu‧ti‧que
Noun
butique f (plural butiques)
- boutique (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewellery and the like)
Further reading
- “butique”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “butique”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025