Phrase guide

shop assistant

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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  • shŏp′ ə-sĭs′tənt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌʃɒp əˈsɪs.tənt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌʃɔp əˈsɪs.tənt/ without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˌʃɑp əˈsɪs.tənt/
  • Canada, standard: /ˌʃɒp əˈsɪs.tənt/
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌʃɑp əˈsɪs.tənt/
  • Australian, Scotland: /ˌʃɔp əˈsɪs.tənt/
  • Australian, Scotland, also: /ˌʃɔp ʌˈsɪs.tʌnt/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌʃɒp əˈsəs.tənt/
  • India: /ˌʃɔp aˈsɪs.ʈanʈ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

An employee in a shop, a shopkeeper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: retail assistant, sales assistant, sales clerk

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a salesperson in a store

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salesperson, sales representative, sales rep

Narrower terms: shop boy, shop girl

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shitës — shop employee
  • Albanian: shitëse — shop employee
  • Arabic: بَائِع (bāʔiʕ) — shop employee
  • Arabic: بَائِعَة (bāʔiʕa) — shop employee
  • Armenian: վաճառող (vačaṙoġ) — shop employee
  • Azerbaijani: satıcı — shop employee
  • Basque: dendari — shop employee
  • Belarusian: прадаве́ц (pradavjéc) — shop employee
  • Belarusian: прадаўшчы́ца (pradawščýca) — shop employee
  • Bulgarian: продава́ч (prodaváč) — shop employee
  • Bulgarian: продава́чка (prodaváčka) — shop employee
  • Burmese: အရောင်းစာရေး (a.raung:care:) — shop employee
  • Chinese Cantonese: 店員 /店员 (dim3 jyun4) — shop employee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 店員 /店员 (diànyuán) — shop employee
  • Czech: prodavač — shop employee
  • Czech: prodavačka — shop employee
  • Danish: ekspedient — shop employee
  • Danish: kassedame — shop employee
  • Dutch: verkoper — shop employee
  • Dutch: verkoopster — shop employee
  • Estonian: müüja — shop employee
  • Finnish: myymäläapulainen — shop employee
  • Finnish: myyntiapulainen — shop employee
  • French: vendeur — shop employee
  • French: vendeuse — shop employee
  • Georgian: გამყიდველი (gamq̇idveli) — shop employee
  • German: Verkäufer — shop employee
  • German: Verkäuferin — shop employee
  • Hindi: दुकान सहायक (dukān sahāyak) — shop employee
  • Hindi: विक्रेता (vikretā) — shop employee
  • Hindi: दुकान का कर्मचारी (dukān kā karmacārī) — shop employee
  • Hungarian: eladó — shop employee
  • Hungarian: elárusító — shop employee
  • Hungarian: eladónő — shop employee
  • Icelandic: afgreiðslumaður — shop employee
  • Irish: freastalaí siopa — shop employee
  • Irish: cúntóir siopa — shop employee
  • Irish: buachaill siopa — shop employee
  • Italian: commesso — shop employee
  • Italian: commessa — shop employee
  • Japanese: 店員 (ten'in) — shop employee
  • Kazakh: дүкенші (dükenşı) — shop employee
  • Kazakh: сатушы (satuşy) — shop employee
  • Khmer: អ្នកលក់ (nĕək lŭək) — shop employee
  • Korean: 점원 (jeomwon) — shop employee
  • Kyrgyz: сатуучу (satuucu) — shop employee
  • Lao: ຄົນຂາຍເຄື່ອງດື່ມ (khon khāi khư̄ang dư̄m) — shop employee
  • Latvian: pārdevējs — shop employee
  • Latvian: pārdevēja — shop employee
  • Lithuanian: pardavėjas — shop employee
  • Lithuanian: pardavėja — shop employee
  • Macedonian: продавач (prodavač) — shop employee
  • Macedonian: продавачка (prodavačka) — shop employee
  • Mongolian: худалдагч (xudaldagč) — shop employee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ekspeditør — shop employee
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ekspeditør — shop employee
  • Occitan: comés — shop employee
  • Occitan: vendeire — shop employee
  • Iranian Persian: فُروشَنْدِه (forušande) — shop employee
  • Polish: ekspedient — shop employee
  • Polish: ekspedientka — shop employee
  • Polish: sklepowy — shop employee
  • Polish: sklepowa — shop employee
  • Portuguese: ajudante — shop employee
  • Romanian: vânzător — shop employee
  • Romanian: vânzătoare — shop employee
  • Russian: продаве́ц (prodavéc) — shop employee
  • Russian: продавщи́ца (prodavščíca) — shop employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: прода̀ва̄ч — shop employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: продава̀чица — shop employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: prodàvāč — shop employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: prodavàčica — shop employee
  • Slovak: predavač — shop employee
  • Slovak: predavačka — shop employee
  • Slovene: prodajalec — shop employee
  • Slovene: prodajalka — shop employee
  • Spanish: encargado — shop employee
  • Spanish: encargada f atendedor — shop employee
  • Spanish: atendedora — shop employee
  • Spanish: atendiente — shop employee
  • Spanish: empleado de [la] tienda — shop employee
  • Spanish: empleada de [la] tienda — shop employee
  • Swedish: expedit — shop employee
  • Swedish: butiksbiträde — shop employee
  • Swedish: butiksmedarbetare — shop employee
  • Tajik: фурӯшанда (furüšanda) — shop employee
  • Tatar: сатучы (satuçı) — shop employee
  • Thai: ผู้ขาย (pûu-kǎai) — shop employee
  • Turkish: satıcı — shop employee
  • Turkmen: satyjy — shop employee
  • Ukrainian: продаве́ць (prodavécʹ) — shop employee
  • Ukrainian: продавщи́ця (prodavščýcja) — shop employee
  • Urdu: دُکان کا مُلازِم (dukān kā mulāzim) — shop employee
  • Uzbek: sotuvchi — shop employee
  • Vietnamese: nhân viên bán hàng — shop employee