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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• (Australia) 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.

   Synonym: intensive

   Hyponyms: conventiculum, rusticatio

   • 2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 February 2026:

     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
• nonworkshop
• playshop
• postworkshop
• preworkshop
• Santa's workshop
• sheltered workshop
• teleworkshop
• workshopper

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, winkel (nl)
• Egyptian: (jz)
• Esperanto: metiejo, laborejo
• Estonian: töökoda (et)
• Faroese: verkstaður (fo) m
• Finnish: työpaja (fi), verstas (fi), paja (fi)
• French: atelier (fr) m
• Galician: obradoiro m, taller (gl) m
• Georgian: სახელოსნო (saxelosno)
• German: Werkstatt (de) f, Werkstätte (de) f
• Greek: εργαστήριο (el) n (ergastírio)

  Ancient Greek: ἐργαστήριον n (ergastḗrion)

• Hebrew: סַדְנָה (he) f (sadná)
• Hindi: कर्मशाला (hi) f (karmaśālā), कारख़ाना m (kārxānā), कारगाह (hi) m (kārgāh)
• Hungarian: műhely (hu)
• Icelandic: smiðja (is) f, verkstæði (is) n, vinnustofa (is) f
• Indonesian: bengkel (id), bengkel kerja
• Irish: ceárta f, ceardlann f
• Italian: laboratorio (it) m, bottega (it) f, atelier (it) m
• 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 (šeberxana), тігінхана (tiginxana), ұстахана (ustaxana), цех (cex)
• 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)
• Māori: wharemahi
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: цех (mn) (cex)

  Mongolian script: ᠼᠧᠾᠡ (cēhe)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verksted (no) n

  Nynorsk: verkstad (nn) n

• Old English: weorchūs n
• Pashto: ورکشاپ m (warkšāp)
• Persian:

  Iranian 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

  Latin: 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:

  Iranian Persian: کارْگاه (fa) (kârgâh)

• Polish: warsztaty (pl) pl
• Portuguese: seminário (pt) m, workshop (pt) m
• Russian: семина́р (ru) m (seminár), воркшо́п (ru) m (vorkšóp)
• 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:

  Iranian 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• 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, theater, film) To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
   • 2026 July 3, Catherine Shoard, “‘I feel both thrilled and ruined by this’: Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton on making sex comedy The Invite”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2026:

     That’s because as well as the film being set in San Francisco and channelling California’s favourite sexologist, the cast workshopped the script for a fortnight with screenwriters Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.

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

Borrowed from 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

Further reading

• “workshop”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026

Hungarian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English workshop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvørkʃop]
• Hyphenation: work‧shop
• Rhymes: -op

Noun

workshop (plural workshopok)

1. workshop

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	workshop	workshopok
accusative	workshopot	workshopokat
dative	workshopnak	workshopoknak
instrumental	workshoppal	workshopokkal
causal-final	workshopért	workshopokért
translative	workshoppá	workshopokká
terminative	workshopig	workshopokig
essive-formal	workshopként	workshopokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	workshopban	workshopokban
superessive	workshopon	workshopokon
adessive	workshopnál	workshopoknál
illative	workshopba	workshopokba
sublative	workshopra	workshopokra
allative	workshophoz	workshopokhoz
elative	workshopból	workshopokból
delative	workshopról	workshopokról
ablative	workshoptól	workshopoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	workshopé	workshopoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	workshopéi	workshopokéi

Possessive forms of workshop

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	workshopom	workshopjaim
2nd person sing.	workshopod	workshopjaid
3rd person sing.	workshopja	workshopjai
1st person plural	workshopunk	workshopjaink
2nd person plural	workshopotok	workshopjaitok
3rd person plural	workshopjuk	workshopjaik

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc

Middle English werk

English work

Proto-Germanic *skup-

Old English scoppa

Middle English schoppe

English shop

English workshopubor.

Portuguese workshop

Unadapted borrowing from English workshop.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌwoʁkˈʃɔ.pi/ [ˌwohkˈʃɔ.pi], /ˌwoʁ.kiˈʃɔ.pi/ [ˌwoh.kiˈʃɔ.pi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌwoʁkˈʃɔ.pi/ [ˌwohkˈʃɔ.pi], /ˌwoʁ.kiˈʃɔ.pi/ [ˌwoh.kiˈʃɔ.pi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌwoɾkˈʃɔ.pi/, /ˌwoɾ.kiˈʃɔ.pi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌwoʁkˈʃɔ.pi/ [ˌwoχkˈʃɔ.pi], /ˌwoʁ.kiˈʃɔ.pi/ [ˌwoχ.kiˈʃɔ.pi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌwoɻkˈʃɔ.pi/, /ˌwoɻ.kiˈʃɔ.pi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌwoɾ.kɨˈʃɔ.pɨ/

Noun

workshop m (plural workshops)

1. workshop (intensive course of education in a specific subject)

   Synonyms: seminário, oficina

Further reading

• “workshop”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “workshop”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc

Middle English werk

English work

Proto-Germanic *skup-

Old English scoppa

Middle English schoppe

English shop

English workshopubor.

Spanish workshop

Unadapted borrowing from English workshop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwoɾɡʃop/ [ˈwoɾɣ̞.ʃop]
• Rhymes: -oɾɡʃop

Noun

workshop m (plural workshops)

1. workshop

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.