Workshop - what is it? Word meanings

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Workshop - what is it? This word for linguistic research is interesting in that it has many interpretations, although they are closely related in meaning. The most famous of the meanings of the word workshop is “production premises”. But sometimes it means both people and their associations. Detailed information that this is a workshop will be presented in the review.

Production shade

The main interpretations of the studied word, presented in dictionaries, are as follows.

The first of these denotes one of the main production units, a department in an industrial enterprise (in a plant or factory). They produce this or that product, complete a certain production cycle. Example: “In the newspaper Znamya in 1930, in the article“Combat Tasks of Transport”, it was said that by all means it was necessary in the very next few days to achieve a rise in socialist competition to a qualitatively new level. It is necessary to accelerate the growth of shock brigades, finalize counter plans, bringtransportation plan and repair program to the production shop, brigade, group.”

The second is the room where the above department is directly located. There are machines and other equipment. Example: “After completing special courses, Sergey returned to the plant already more confident in himself. He walked across the territory with a wide stride, heading to the native assembly shop of the plant.”

The third definition characterizes people working in such a division of a plant, factory or in such a room. Example: “The workshop of toolmakers overfulfilled its obligations by May 1, and was rewarded by the authorities in full force.”

However, the meanings of the word "workshop" do not end there, there are others that will be discussed below.

Craft Shade

In a historical sense, a guild is an urban trade and craft corporation that existed mainly in Western European countries in the Middle Ages. In it, people were united by professional signs. Example: “In Western Europe, workshops began to appear almost at the same time as cities: in Italy - already in the 10th century, and in England, Germany and France - from the 11th - early 12th century, although at the same time, the formation of the guild system as such with the help of charters and charters, as a rule, took place later.”

Also, a guild was any organization of artisans belonging to the same profession. Example: “The workshops were divided by profession, while the signs of separation were not based on the nature of production,and on products that were produced, divided by function. So, for example, household knives, made using the same technology, and combat daggers were produced by members of various workshops - cutlers and gunsmiths.”

Figuratively

In this use, the studied lexeme in the explanatory dictionary is marked "collective" and denotes people of the same profession. Example: “We know your butcher shop, you all strive to weigh it down!” - the customer who was the first in line at the counter was indignant.

There is another meaning of the word in a figurative sense. It speaks of a closed social grouping. Example: “Remember, son, such a closed caste as politicians of the upper echelon is such a shop that you can get into only with powerful connections, which we still lack at this stage,” my father explained to Gennady.

To everything that has been said about the meaning of the word "workshop", we can add that it is also called:

• One of the kinship units that exists in the Armenian family and kinship system.
• Electronic music festival, which is held every year in the cultural capital of Russia - the city of St. Petersburg.

Next, the origin of the word will be considered.

Etymology

According to the data specified in the etymological dictionary, the studied lexeme was originally found in the Middle High German language. For those who are especially curious, this is the designation of a period in the history of the German language, which lasted approximately from 1050 to 1350 (according to other sources, until 1500). His predecessor isOld High German (750-1050) followed by Early New High German.

Middle High German is a literary language; at that time, colloquial speech was practically not recorded in written sources. The most famous literary monuments in this language include the Nibelungenlied epic, as well as poems written in the genre of knightly love poetry.

Returning to the "workshop", it should be noted that this language has the noun zech, which means "association of persons from the same class." In modern German, there is the word Zunf in this sense. It appeared in Russian and Ukrainian, most likely, being borrowed through the Polish cech.

For a better understanding of the word, it is worth considering its synonyms.

Similar words

Synonyms for the word shop are:

• workshop;
• society;
• Lana;
• estate;
• discharge;
• association;
• brotherhood;
• artel;
• brethren;
• group;
• caste;
• band;
• click;
• company;
• team;
• coalition;
• corporation;
• conglomerate;
• circle;
• league;
• community;
• party;
• camp;
• peace;
• pleiades.