studio
nounUK /ˈstjuːdi.əʊ/ · US /ˈstudi.oʊ/
Etymology From Italian studio (“room for study”), from Latin studium. Doublet of study and etude.
1
An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works.
- His studio was cramped when he began as an artist.
- For artist Diana Al-Hadid, her studio is nothing less than "an extension of my mind." "I cannot really function unless I have a place to work," she says.2026 May 23, Julie Belcove, “Farm Fresh”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 90:
2
An establishment where an art is taught.
- As he gained a reputation, he took larger space and took students into his studio,
3
A place where radio or television programs, records or films are made.
- The recording studio had some slight echo, but was good enough to make a demo.
- The studio was dark and cool, with thick cords running from one end to the other and huge cameras on either side, each primed to swivel and record what the lights from above illuminated.2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 285:
4
A company or organization that makes films, records or other artistic works.
- The studios still make films, but they rely on the strength of their distribution.
5
A studio apartment.
- It’s a lovely little studio with almost a river view.
- Derived terms
- album studio, animation studio, dance studio, megastudio, ministudio, nonstudio, poststudio, prestudio, recording studio, stindie, studio album, studio apartment, Studio City, studio flat, studioful, studioless, studiolike, studiomate, studio monitor, studio music, studio system, studio theatre, telestudio