atelier

noun

ate·​lier ˌa-tᵊl-ˈyā 

1

: an artist's or designer's studio or workroom

2

: workshop

Examples of atelier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Workers cut out patterns in Pathé’O’s atelier, which is full of employees sewing, ironing, and packaging his designs. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

The trips Sudō took with them, playing tour guide across remote regions of Japan, introduced her to many of the weavers and dyers, often working in small wooden ateliers attached to family homes, with whom Nuno still collaborates today. — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026

Globemakers in bohemian Stoke Newington feels more like a film set than a 21st-century northeast London atelier. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

The couturier opened his first atelier in Rome in 1959, where the company is still based, after an apprenticeship with Jole Veneziani and working for the likes of Emilio Schubert, Maria Antonelli and Sorelle Fontana. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French astelier woodpile, from astele splinter, from Late Latin astella, diminutive of Latin astula

First Known Use

1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1