noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/əˈtɛl.jeɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/əˈtɛl.i.eɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/æ.təˈljeɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈæ.təˌljeɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/-ˌljɛ/
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General-American:/əˈtɛlˌjeɪ/
General-American:/ˌæ.təlˈjeɪ/
General-American:[ˌæ.ɾəl-]
General-American:[ˌæ.ɾɫ̩-]
rhymes with (one pronunciation) -eɪ
1
noun
Meaning 1
A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a studio especially for an artist or designer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: artist's workroom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: studio
Narrower terms: artist's loft
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
ateljee
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Albanian:
atelie
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Arabic:
مَرْسَم
(marsam)
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Azerbaijani:
atelye
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Azerbaijani:
emalatxana
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Belarusian:
атэлье́
(atelʹjé)
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Bezhta:
артел
(artel)
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Bulgarian:
ателие́
(atelié)
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Catalan:
taller
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Chinese Mandarin:
工場 /工场
(gōngchǎng, gōngcháng)
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Chinese Mandarin:
工作坊
(gōngzuòfáng, gōngzuòfāng)
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Chinese Mandarin:
工作室
(gōngzuòshì, gōngzuòshǐ)
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Chinese Mandarin:
畫室 /画室
(huàshì)
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Chinese Mandarin:
作坊
(zuōfang, zuòfang)
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