From work + shop.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/
• (America) IPA: /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈwɜːk.ʃɔp/

workshop (plural workshops)

1. A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.
   • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge(please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey's Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC ↗:

     A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.

2. A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.
3. An academic conference.

• French: atelier
• German: Werkstatt
• Italian: laboratorio, bottega
• Portuguese: oficina
• Russian: мастерска́я
• Spanish: taller

• French: atelier
• German: Workshop
• Italian: laboratorio, workshop
• Portuguese: seminário, workshop
• Russian: семина́р
• Spanish: taller

• German: Workshop
• Italian: seminario, workshop
• Portuguese: seminário, colóquio
• Russian: се́кция
• Spanish: taller

workshop (third-person singular simple present workshops, present participle workshopping, simple past and past participle workshopped)

1. (transitive) To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
2. (transitive) To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop.
3. (transitive, business) To improve through collaboration.