Shops

[jancho]

Hello, I send an another list for translationg into more languages. Here is a pattern:

- florist's
- greengrocer's
- hairdresser's
- hardware shop
- hypermarket
- jeweller's
- laundry
- optician's
- telephone box
- record shop
- supermarket
- sports shop
- shoe shop
- stationer's
- travel agent's

 

[MaxJ]

In Dutch:

bloemist - florist's
groenteman - greengrocer's
kapper - hairdresser's
bouwmarkt - hardware shop
weidewinkel/hypermarkt - hypermarket
juwelier/juwelenhandelaar - jeweller's
wasserij - laundry
opticien - optician's
telefooncel - telephone box
platenwinkel/cd-winkel - record shop
supermarkt - supermarket
sportwinkel - sports shop
schoenenwinkel - shoe shop
kantoorwinkel - stationer's
reisbureau - travel agent's
boekhandel - bookselling
dierenwinkel - pet store

 

[Hakro]

In Finnish:

- florist's = kukkakauppa
- greengrocer's = vihanneskauppa (but you hardly find one in Finland)
- hairdresser's = kampaamo
- hardware shop = rautakauppa
- hypermarket = supermarket
- jeweller's = kultasepänliike
- laundry = pesula
- optician's = optikkoliike
- telephone box = puhelinkoppi, puhelinkioski (but there are no telephone boxes in Finland anymore)
- record shop = (ääni)levykauppa
- supermarket = supermarket
- sports shop = urheiluvälineliike
- shoe shop = kenkäkauppa
- stationer's = paperikauppa
- travel agent's = matkatoimisto

 

[apmoy70]

Greek:

Ανθοπωλείο
Οπωροπωλείο
Κομμωτήριο
Κατάστημα Σιδηρικών, Σιδηρικά
Υπεραγορά
Κοσμηματοπωλείο
Πλυντήριο, Καθαριστήριο
Κατάστημα Οπτικών, Οπτικά
Τηλεφωνικός Θάλαμος
Δισκοπωλείο
Σούπερ Μάρκετ
Κατάστημα Αθλητικών Ειδών
Υποδηματοπωλείο
Χαρτοπωλείο, Κατάστημα Χαρτικών, Χαρτικά Είδη
Πρακτορείο Ταξιδίων

 

[federicoft]

In Italian:

- florist's = fioraio*
- greengrocer's = fruttivendolo* or verduraio*
- hairdresser's = barbiere* (for men)/parrucchiere* (for women)
- hardware shop = negozio di informatica
- hypermarket = ipermercato
- jeweller's = gioielleria
- laundry = lavanderia
- optician's = ottico*
- telephone box = cabina telefonica
- record shop = negozio di dischi
- supermarket = supermercato
- sports shop = negozio di articoli sportivi (not very common in everyday language)
- shoe shop = negozio di scarpe
- stationer's = cartoleria
- travel agent's = agenzia di viaggio

Note that * strictly speaking indicates a profession, not the actual shop, the latter being usually understood.

 

[Encolpius]

Hungarian

virágüzlet - florist's
zöldségüzlet - greengrocer's
fodrászat - hairdresser's
vaskereskedés - hardware shop
hipermarket - hypermarket
ékszerbolt - jeweller's
mosoda - laundry
optikus - optician's
telefonfülke - telephone box
lemezbolt - record shop
szupermarket - supermarket
sportüzlet - sports shop
cipőbolt - shoe shop
papírkereskedés - stationer's
utazási iroda - travel agent's

 

[Machlii5]

German
- florist's - Blumenladen (m)/Blumengeschäft (n) /Florist (m)
- greengrocer's - Gemüseladen (m) /(Obst- und)Gemüsehandlung (f)
- hairdresser's - Friseur (m) / Frisiersalon (m) / Haar-Studio (n)
- hardware shop - Eisenwarenladen (m) (obsolete) -> Baumarkt (m)
- hypermarket - Einkaufszentrum (n)
- jeweller's - Schmuckgeschäft (n) / Juwelierladen (m)
- laundry - Waschsalon (m)(with rows of washing-machines)
- dry-cleaner‘s - Reinigung (f)
- optician's - Optiker (m) / Brillengeschäft (n)
- telephone box - Telefonzelle (f)
- record shop - Plattenladen (m) /Plattengeschäft (n)
- supermarket - Supermarkt (m)
- sports shop - Sportgeschäft (n)
- shoe shop - Schuhgeschäft (n)
- stationer's - Papierwarenladen (m)
- travel agent's - Reisebüro (n)

This list reflects usage in south-western Germany, perhaps it would look different in other regions.
There are two main words for “shop“ - in certain combinations there may be the preference of one over the other, but I couldn‘t detect any reason which word is preferred when and why. Sometimes they are interchangable, sometimes they are in a fixed combination.
Basically, “der Laden“ refers to the locality as such, “das Geschäft“ can refer to the locality but also has the meaning of “business“. Some shops are endangered species, e.g. hardware shops are hard to find, most of them have been replaced by the hardware department of a “Baumarkt“ (for DIY). And hairdressers nowadays find “Friseur“ old-fashioned

 

[Elvus]

Polish:

florist's - kwiaciarnia
greengrocer's - sklep spożywczy / colloquially spożywczak
hairdresser's - salon fryzjerski / fryzjer
hardware shop - sklep budowlany
hypermarket - hipermarket / centrum handlowe
jeweller's - jubiler
laundry - pralnia
optician's - optyk
telephone box - budka telefoniczna
record shop - sklep muzyczny
supermarket - supermarket
sports shop - sklep sportowy
shoe shop - sklep obuwniczy
stationer's - sklep papierniczy
travel agent's - biuro podróży
bookshop - księgarnia

 

[atcheque]

French

florist's : un fleuriste*
greengrocer's : une épicerie ; un magasin de légumes / de fruits / de fruits et légumes
hairdresser's : un salon de coiffure ; un coiffeur *
hardware shop : une quincaillerie
hypermarket : un hypermarché
jeweller's : une bijouterie
laundry : un pressing ; une blanchisserie ; une teinturerie ; une laverie
optician's : un opticien*
telephone box : une cabine téléphonique
record shop : un magasin de disque ; un disquaire*
supermarket : un supermarché
sports shop : un magasin de sport
shoe shop : un magasin de chaussures
stationer's : une papeterie
travel agent's : une agence de voyages

Note that * strictly speaking indicates a profession, not the actual shop, the latter being usually understood.

 

[rusita preciosa]

In Russian магазин /magazin/ means shop/store.

- florist's – цветочный магазин /tsvetotchnyi magazin/ - lit. flower shop
- greengrocer's – овощи-фрукты /ovoshi frukty/ - lit. vegetables-fruit
- hairdresser's – парикмахерская /parikmakherskaya/
- hardware shop – хозяйственный магазин /khoziystvennyi magazin/ - lit. household shop
- hypermarket – гипермаркет /guipermarket/
- jeweller's – ювелирный магазин /iuvelirnyi magazin/
- laundry – химчисткa /khimchistka – lit. chem[ical] cleaning (this is a drycleaners store where you leave items to dry-clean and launder, not a store with rows of washers and dryers)
- optician's - оптика /optika/
- telephone booth – телефонная будка /telefonnaya budka/
- record shop – музыкальный магазин /muzykalnyi magazin/ lit. music shop (a store that sells more than records, it would also have music instruments, sheet music etc...)
- supermarket – супермаркет /supermarket/
- sports shop - спортивный магазин /sportivnyi magazin/
- shoe shop – обувь /obuv’/ - shoes
- stationer's – канцелярский магазин /kantseliarsky magazin/
- travel agent's – туристическая фирма /turisticheskaya firma/ lit. tourism firm or агентство путешествий /agentstvo puteshestvii/ lit. travel agency

Where is the Czech translation??

 

[bearded]

I would like to amend one item in Federicoft's list (above):
Hardware shop in Italian is ferramenta, not ''negozio di informatica''.
Fed. was probably thinking of hardware/software in computers.

 

[Perseas]

In Russian магазин /magazin/ means shop/store.

In Greek the colloquial word for shop/store is "μαγαζί" /maɣa'zi/. The formal is "κατάστημα" /ka'tastima/.

 

[kawaii neko]

In Indonesia

- florist's : penjual bunga
- greengrocer's : pedagang sayur
- hairdresser's : salon
- hardware shop : if it refers to computer/electronic part it mention with toko komputer/elektronik
- hypermarket : hypermarket
- jeweller's : perhiasan
- laundry : binatu
- optician's : optik
- telephone box : telepon umum
- record shop : studio rekaman
- supermarket : toko serba ada
- sports shop : toko olahraga
- shoe shop : toko sepatu
- stationer's : alat tulis
- travel agent's : agen perjalanan

 

[marco_2]

Polish:

florist's - kwiaciarnia
greengrocer's - sklep spożywczy / colloquially spożywczak
hairdresser's - salon fryzjerski / fryzjer
hardware shop - sklep budowlany, sklep żelazny, sklep z narzędziami as well
hypermarket - hipermarket / centrum handlowe
jeweller's - jubiler
laundry - pralnia
optician's - optyk
telephone box - budka telefoniczna
record shop - sklep muzyczny
supermarket - supermarket
sports shop - sklep sportowy
shoe shop - sklep obuwniczy
stationer's - sklep papierniczy
travel agent's - biuro podróży
bookshop - księgarnia

 

[810senior]

Japanese: (we commonly use a suffix -ya meaning 's shop)

- florist's : hanaya[flower-shop]
- greengrocer's : yaoya[eight hundred-shop]
- hairdresser's : biyouin[place for beautiful looks]
- hardware shop : kanamonoya[hardware-shop]
- hypermarket : haipaamaaketto[same as English, but rarely used]
- jeweller's : housekiten[jewelry-shop]
- laundry : landorii[same as English]
- optician's : meganeya[glasses-shop]
- telephone box : denwa bokkusu[telephone-box]
- record shop : recoodoya[record-shop]
- supermarket : suupaa[super]
- sports shop : supootsu youhinten[sports' goods-shop]
- shoe shop : kutsuya[shoe-shop]
- stationer's : bunbouguya[stationary-shop]
- travel agent's : ryokoudairiten[travel-agent-shop]


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