shopgirl

shop·girl

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shop-gurl]
- /ˈʃɒpˌgɜrl/
- /ˈʃɔpgɜːl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shop-gurl]
- /ˈʃɒpˌgɜrl/

Definitions of shopgirl word

noun shopgirl a salesgirl; female store clerk. 1
noun shopgirl a female shop assistant 0
noun shopgirl a female clerk in a store 0

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Origin of shopgirl

First appearance:

before 1760

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1760-70; shop + girl

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Parts of speech for Shopgirl

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shopgirl

shopgirl popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

shopgirl usage trend in Literature

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