butica

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbʊ.tɪ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbuː.t̪i.ka]

butica f (genitive buticae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a boutique, a shop

First-declension noun.

• "butica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of bodega, botica, and boutique.

• IPA^(key): /buˈtika/ [buˈt̪i.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: bu‧ti‧ca

butica f (plural buticas)

1. (Louisiana) boutique