butique

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• boutique (unadapted form)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Hellenic *apó

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi)der.

Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē)bor.

Latin apothēca

Old Occitan boticabor.

Middle French boutique

French boutiquebor.

Portuguese butique

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of botica, bodega, apoteca, and adega.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃi.ki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈti.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iki, (Portugal) -ikɨ
• Hyphenation: bu‧ti‧que

Noun

butique f (plural butiques)

1. boutique (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewellery and the like)

Further reading

• “butique”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “butique”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “butique”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “butique”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026