workshop

See also: Workshop

English

WOTD – 24 December 2007

Etymology

From work +‎ shop.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːk.ʃɔp/

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Noun

workshop (plural workshops)

1. A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.
   • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. (please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:

     A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.

2. A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.
   • 2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents‎:

     On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.

3. An academic conference.

Derived terms

• idle hands are the devil's workshop
• Santa's workshop
• sheltered workshop

Translations

small manufacturing room

Afrikaans: werkswinkel Albanian: punëtori (sq) f, punishte (sq) f Arabic: مَشْغَل m (mašḡal), وَرْشَة f (warša) Hijazi Arabic: وَرْشَة f (warša), Armenian: արհեստանոց (hy) (arhestanocʻ) Azerbaijani: atelye, emalatxana, sex (az) Belarusian: майстэ́рня f (majstérnja), атэлье́ n (atelʹjé), цэх m (cex) Bengali: কর্মশালা (bn) (kormośala) Bezhta: артел (artel) Bulgarian: работи́лница (bg) f (rabotílnica), цех (bg) m (ceh) Burmese: အလုပ်ရုံ (my) (a.lup-rum) Catalan: taller (ca) m, obrador (ca) m Chichewa: shopo Chinese: Mandarin: 車間 / 车间 (zh) (chējiān), 作坊 (zh), 工房 (zh) (gōngfáng), 工作坊 (gōngzuòfáng) Cornish: hwelji m, shoppa ober m, shoppa m Corsican: attelu Czech: dílna (cs) f Dalmatian: botaiga f Danish: værksted (da) n Dutch: atelier (nl) n, werkplaats (nl) m or f Egyptian: (jz) Esperanto: metiejo, laborejo Estonian: töökoda (et) Finnish: työpaja (fi), verstas (fi), paja (fi) French: atelier (fr) m Galician: obradoiro m, taller (gl) m Georgian: სახელოსნო (saxelosno) German: Werkstatt (de) f Greek: εργαστήριο (el) n (ergastírio) Ancient: ἐργαστήριον n (ergastḗrion) Hebrew: סַדְנָה (he) f (sadná) Hindi: कर्मशाला (hi) f (karmaśālā), कारख़ाना m (kārxānā) Hungarian: műhely (hu) Icelandic: smiðja (is) f, verkstæði (is) n Indonesian: bengkel (id), bengkel kerja Irish: ceárta f, ceardlann f Italian: laboratorio (it) m, bottega (it) Japanese: 作業場 (ja) (さぎょうば, sagyōba), アトリエ (ja) (atorie), 工房 (ja) (こうぼう, kōbō) Kazakh: шеберхана (şeberxana), тігінхана (tıgınxana), ұстахана (ūstaxana), цех (sex) Khmer: រោងជាង (km) (roong ciəng) Korean: 작업장(作業場) (ko) (jageopjang), 아틀리에 (ko) (ateullie), 공방(工房) (ko) (gongbang), 작업실(作業室) (ko) (jageopsil) Kyrgyz: мастерская (masterskaya), устакана (ky) (ustakana), цех (ky) (tseh) Lao: ຫ້ອງຊ່າງ (hǭng sāng), ໂຮງງານ (lo) (hōng ngān) Latin: opificīna f, officīna f Latvian: darbnīca f, cehs m Lithuanian: dirbtuvė f, cechas m Macedonian: работилница f (rabotilnica) Malay: bengkel (ms), woksyop (ms) Maori: wharemahi Mongolian: Cyrillic: цех (mn) (cex) Mongolian: ᠼᠧᠾᠡ (cēhe) Norwegian: Bokmål: verksted (no) n Old English: weorchūs n Pashto: ورکشاپ m (warkšāp) Persian: کارْگاه (fa) (kârgâh) Plautdietsch: Woakjstow f Polish: warsztat (pl) m Portuguese: oficina (pt) f Punjabi: ਕਾਰਖ਼ਾਨਾ m (kārxānā) Romanian: atelier (ro) n Russian: мастерска́я (ru) f (masterskája), цех (ru) m (cex), ателье́ (ru) n (atɛlʹjé) Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: радио́ница f Roman: radiónica (sh) f Slovak: dielňa (sk) f Slovene: delavnica (sl) f Spanish: taller (es) m Swedish: verkstad (sv) c Tajik: устохона (ustoxona), корхона (korxona), коргоҳ (korgoh) Thai: โรงงาน (th) (roong-ngaan) Turkish: atölye (tr), imalathane (tr) Turkmen: ussahana Ukrainian: майсте́рня f (majstérnja), ательє́ (uk) n (atelʹjé), цех (uk) m (cex), робі́тня f (robítnja) Urdu: کار گاہ m (kār gāh), کارْخانَہ m (kārxāna) Uyghur: سېخ (sëx) Uzbek: ustaxona (uz), ishxona (uz), masterskoy (uz), korgoh (uz) (dated), sex (uz) Vietnamese: xưởng (vi) Volapük: voböp (vo) Welsh: gweithdy m Zazaki: atolye, inalatxane, paloke

intensive course of education

Afrikaans: werkswinkel Bulgarian: семина́р m (seminár) Catalan: taller (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 研討會 / 研讨会 (zh) (yántǎohuì), 講習會 / 讲习会 (zh) (jiǎngxíhuì), 講習班 / 讲习班 (zh) (jiǎngxíbān) Dutch: workshop (nl) Estonian: õpituba Finnish: työpaja (fi), ryhmätyökurssi French: atelier (fr) m Galician: obradoiro m, taller (gl) m Georgian: სემინარი (seminari), ვორქშოპი (vorkšoṗi) German: Workshop (de) m Greek: εργαστήρια (el) n pl (ergastíria) Hungarian: intenzív kurzus Indonesian: lokakarya (id), sanggar kerja (id) Irish: ceardlann f Italian: laboratorio (it) m, workshop (it) Japanese: 講習会 (ja) (こうしゅうかい, kōshūkai), 研修会 (けんしゅうかい, kenshūkai), ワークショップ (ja) (wākushoppu) Korean: 강습회(講習會) (gangseuphoe), 연수회(硏修會) (yeonsuhoe), 워크숍 (ko) (wokeusyop) Ladino: atelyer Macedonian: работилница f (rabotilnica) Malay: bengkel (ms) Persian: کارْگاه (fa) (kârgâh) Polish: warsztaty (pl) pl Portuguese: seminário (pt) m, workshop (pt) m Russian: семина́р (ru) m (seminár) Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach f Spanish: taller (es) m Swedish: workshop (sv) c Turkish: çalıştay (tr) Zazaki: gureygah

academic conference

Afrikaans: werkswinkel Bulgarian: симпо́зиум m (simpózium) Catalan: seminari (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 研討會 / 研讨会 (zh) (yántǎohuì) Finnish: työpaja (fi), workshop (fi) Galician: seminario (gl) m German: Workshop (de) m Italian: seminario (it), workshop (it) Japanese: 講習会 (ja) (こうしゅうかい, kōshūkai), 研修会 (けんしゅうかい, kenshūkai), 作業部会 (さぎょうぶかい, sagyōbukai), ワークショップ (ja) (wākushoppu) Persian: کارْگاه (fa) (kârgâh) Polish: warsztaty akademickie pl Portuguese: seminário (pt) m, colóquio (pt) m Russian: се́кция (ru) f (sékcija), семина́р (ru) m (seminár), симпо́зиум (ru) m (simpózium) Spanish: taller (es) m

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Dutch: (please verify) werkplaats (nl) f or m Old Church Slavonic: (please verify) дѣльникъ m (dělĭnikŭ)

Verb

workshop (third-person singular simple present workshops, present participle workshopping, simple past and past participle workshopped)

1. (transitive) To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
2. (transitive) To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop.
   • 2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:

     Some in-class tutorial time was set aside for workshopping the entries.

3. (transitive, business) To improve through collaboration.

Anagrams

• shopwork

Finnish

Etymology

< English workshop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwøːkʃop/, [ˈwø̞ːkʃo̞p]
• Rhymes: -øːkʃop

Noun

workshop

1. synonym of työpaja (“workshop (academic conference)”)

Declension

Inflection of workshop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		workshop	workshopit
genitive		workshopin	workshopien
partitive		workshopia	workshopeja
illative		workshopiin	workshopeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		workshop	workshopit
accusative	nom.	workshop	workshopit
	gen.	workshopin
genitive		workshopin	workshopien
partitive		workshopia	workshopeja
inessive		workshopissa	workshopeissa
elative		workshopista	workshopeista
illative		workshopiin	workshopeihin
adessive		workshopilla	workshopeilla
ablative		workshopilta	workshopeilta
allative		workshopille	workshopeille
essive		workshopina	workshopeina
translative		workshopiksi	workshopeiksi
abessive		workshopitta	workshopeitta
instructive		—	workshopein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of workshop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative workshopini workshopini accusative nom. workshopini workshopini gen. workshopini genitive workshopini workshopieni partitive workshopiani workshopejani inessive workshopissani workshopeissani elative workshopistani workshopeistani illative workshopiini workshopeihini adessive workshopillani workshopeillani ablative workshopiltani workshopeiltani allative workshopilleni workshopeilleni essive workshopinani workshopeinani translative workshopikseni workshopeikseni abessive workshopittani workshopeittani instructive — — comitative — workshopeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative workshopisi workshopisi accusative nom. workshopisi workshopisi gen. workshopisi genitive workshopisi workshopiesi partitive workshopiasi workshopejasi inessive workshopissasi workshopeissasi elative workshopistasi workshopeistasi illative workshopiisi workshopeihisi adessive workshopillasi workshopeillasi ablative workshopiltasi workshopeiltasi allative workshopillesi workshopeillesi essive workshopinasi workshopeinasi translative workshopiksesi workshopeiksesi abessive workshopittasi workshopeittasi instructive — — comitative — workshopeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative workshopimme workshopimme accusative nom. workshopimme workshopimme gen. workshopimme genitive workshopimme workshopiemme partitive workshopiamme workshopejamme inessive workshopissamme workshopeissamme elative workshopistamme workshopeistamme illative workshopiimme workshopeihimme adessive workshopillamme workshopeillamme ablative workshopiltamme workshopeiltamme allative workshopillemme workshopeillemme essive workshopinamme workshopeinamme translative workshopiksemme workshopeiksemme abessive workshopittamme workshopeittamme instructive — — comitative — workshopeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative workshopinne workshopinne accusative nom. workshopinne workshopinne gen. workshopinne genitive workshopinne workshopienne partitive workshopianne workshopejanne inessive workshopissanne workshopeissanne elative workshopistanne workshopeistanne illative workshopiinne workshopeihinne adessive workshopillanne workshopeillanne ablative workshopiltanne workshopeiltanne allative workshopillenne workshopeillenne essive workshopinanne workshopeinanne translative workshopiksenne workshopeiksenne abessive workshopittanne workshopeittanne instructive — — comitative — workshopeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative workshopinsa workshopinsa accusative nom. workshopinsa workshopinsa gen. workshopinsa genitive workshopinsa workshopiensa partitive workshopiaan workshopiansa workshopejaan workshopejansa inessive workshopissaan workshopissansa workshopeissaan workshopeissansa elative workshopistaan workshopistansa workshopeistaan workshopeistansa illative workshopiinsa workshopeihinsa adessive workshopillaan workshopillansa workshopeillaan workshopeillansa ablative workshopiltaan workshopiltansa workshopeiltaan workshopeiltansa allative workshopilleen workshopillensa workshopeilleen workshopeillensa essive workshopinaan workshopinansa workshopeinaan workshopeinansa translative workshopikseen workshopiksensa workshopeikseen workshopeiksensa abessive workshopittaan workshopittansa workshopeittaan workshopeittansa instructive — — comitative — workshopeineen workshopeinensa