# atelier

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈtɛl.jeɪ/ · frequency rank #36,042

## Definitions
1. A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French atelier, from Middle French astelier, from astelle (“small piece of wood, etc., to hold a broken bone in place, splint”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis; axle”) via Latin assula) + -ier (suffix denoting the location of an abode).
Compare typologically Latin harēna, whence arena.

## Common misspellings (9)
`aetlier`, `ateiler`, `ateleir`, `atelierr`, `atelire`, `atellier`, `atleier`, `attelier`, `taelier`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/atelier