English → Latin
“shop” in Latin
tabernashop, store; inn; tavern, saloontabernāculumA tent.; A tabernacle.pergulaA booth, stall or shop in front of a house; A hut or hovel; A brothelofficīnaworkshop, manufactory; a poultry house, henhouse; an apothecary's, a pharmacy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shop
taberna (the proper word); diminutive, tabernacula: pergula (a building in which goods were exposed for sale, and works of art for inspection, etc., Vid: Hard., Plin., 35, 10, 36, n. 12, § 84): officina (a workshop). Bookseller’s shop, taberna libraria: to keep a shop, tabernam habere: to shut shop, tabernam claudere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shop?
- The usual Latin words for “shop” are taberna, tabernāculum, pergula; also officīna. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.