noun · 5 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/buˈtik/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Southern-US:/boʊˈtik/
rhymes with -iːk
CMU ARPABET:B UW0 T IY1 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A small shop located within a larger one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A film production company making only a few movies per year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any company that has an exclusively smaller client base generally in a niche market or specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
Examples
a boutique software consultancy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dress shop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shop, store
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apothecary, apotheke, and bodega.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Arabic:
بُوتِيك
(būtīk)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Armenian:
բուտիկ
(butik)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Azerbaijani:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Belarusian:
буці́к
(bucík)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Belarusian:
буты́к
(butýk)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Bulgarian:
бути́к
(butík)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Catalan:
boutique
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Chinese Mandarin:
時裝店 /时装店
(shízhuāngdiàn)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Chinese Mandarin:
精品店
(jīngpǐndiàn)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Czech:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Danish:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Dutch:
boetiek
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Estonian:
butiik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Finnish:
putiikki
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Finnish:
boutique
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
French:
boutique
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Georgian:
ბუტიკი
(buṭiḳi)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
German:
Boutique
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Hebrew:
בּוּטִיק
(butík)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Hindi:
बुटीक
(buṭīk)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Hungarian:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Indonesian:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Italian:
boutique
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Japanese:
ブティック
(butikku)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Kazakh:
бутик
(butik)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Korean:
부티크
(butikeu)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Kyrgyz:
бутик
(butik)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Latvian:
butiks
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Lithuanian:
butikas
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Macedonian:
бути́к
(butík)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Malay:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Marathi:
बुटीक
(buṭīk)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Norwegian Bokmål:
butikk
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Iranian Persian:
بوتیک
(butik)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Polish:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Portuguese:
boutique
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Portuguese:
butique
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Romanian:
butic
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Russian:
бути́к
(butík)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Serbo-Croatian:
бу̀тик
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Serbo-Croatian:
bùtik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Slovak:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Slovene:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Spanish:
boutique
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Swedish:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Tajik:
бутик
(butik)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Thai:
บูติก
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Turkish:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Ukrainian:
бути́к
(butýk)
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Uzbek:
butik
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
Vietnamese:
cửa hàng thời trang
— small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like
