Boutique
/buˈtik/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
- 2 a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry wordnet
- 3 A small shop located within a larger one.
- 4 A film production company making only a few movies per year.
- 5 Any company that has an exclusively smaller client base generally in a niche market or specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services. attributive, often
"a boutique software consultancy"
Example
More examples"They stayed at a small, but luxurious boutique hotel in the heart of Berlin."
Etymology
Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega.