Word of the Day for Monday, August 27, 2007

atelier \at-l-YAY\, noun:

A workshop; a studio.

A garage in Montparnasse served as Leo's atelier, and there he labored on his huge triptychs, mixing his paints in buckets and applying them with a kitchen mop.
-- Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version

After Groton, he would attend the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, then settle in Paris, rent an atelier and paint.
-- Benjamin Welles, Sumner Welles: FDR's Global Strategist

His atelier was the headquarters of a lively little cottage industry.
-- Rollene W. Saal, "Listening for Voices That are Muted", New York Times, January 25, 1987

Atelier comes from French, from Old French astelier, "carpenter's shop," from astele, "splinter," from Late Latin astella, alteration of Latin astula, itself an alteration of assula, "a shaving, a chip," diminutive of assis, "board."

Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for atelier

I use one section of my atelier for the gravitas of my work, and the other as a play space for my creative juices.

Thanks for another great word Bj!

ZOEY! You atelier awaits you!! LOL :) :P

Mon garage etait mon atelier quand je travaillais comme mechanic dans le temps. (haha)

My garage was my atelier when I worked as a mechanic  in the past.

Since it was a french word I thought I would give you a french sentence to go with it.  At the same time you can see a lot of similarity in the words. (lol)

God Bless,
Gaby

Hi Lorraine

You are getting good with these words.  I'm very impressed.  Thank you coming by, and glad you are enjoying these "Word of the Day" threads.

Thanks

Bj