antique shop

English

Alternative forms

antiques shop

Etymology

antique (“noun”) +‎ shop

Pronunciation

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Noun

antique shop (plural antique shops)

A business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets
- 2007 (US Census Bureau) Last week, Sarah cleaned and painted the back room of her house in preparation for setting up an antique shop there.
My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore.

Related terms

antique collector
antique dealer

Translations

store selling antiques

German: Antiquitätenladen m, Antiquitätengeschäft n
Hungarian: régiségbolt
Polish: antykwariat (pl) m, antykwarnia (pl) f
Portuguese: antiquário (pt) m

Serbo-Croatian: антикварница f (antikvarnica)
Slovene: starinarna f, antikvariat m
Welsh: siop hen bethau (cy) f

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