| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bou·tique |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -t k |
| NOUN: | 1a. A small retail shop that specializes in gifts, fashionable clothes, accessories, or food, for example. b. A small shop located within a large department store or supermarket. 2. A small business offering specialized products and services: an investment boutique; a health-care boutique. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French botique, small shop, from Old Provençal botica, from Latin apothca, storehouse. See apothecary.
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