Meanings
plural printing houses
- An institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.
Meronym: imprint (subsidiary printing house or brand name)
Synonyms: publishing house, publisher, printing press, press, printing shop, printshop, printer's, printer
- The building where printing occurs.
Synonyms: printing shop, printshop, printer's, printworks
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.
nounThe building where printing occurs.
Origin
From the expansive sense of house to refer to any building, particularly those like shops or workshops where people work together for a common purpose. Originally used in reference to printing workshops supplying or included within a bookshop; later used more expansively to refer to any institution or company involved in printing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَطْبَعَة
- مَطْبَعَة (maṭbaʕa)company chiefly devoted to printing
Bulgarian печа́тница
- печа́тница (pečátnica)company chiefly devoted to printing
Catalan impremta
- impremtacompany chiefly devoted to printing
Chinese Mandarin 印刷廠 /印刷厂, 印刷所
- 印刷廠 /印刷厂 (yìnshuāchǎng)company chiefly devoted to printing
- 印刷所 (yìnshuāsuǒ)company chiefly devoted to printing
- 版畫店 /版画店 (bǎnhuàdiàn)company chiefly devoted to printing
Czech tiskárna
- tiskárnacompany chiefly devoted to printing
Danish trykkeri
- trykkericompany chiefly devoted to printing
Dutch drukkerij
- drukkerijcompany chiefly devoted to printing
Estonian trükikoda
- trükikodacompany chiefly devoted to printing
Finnish painotalo
- painotalocompany chiefly devoted to printing
French imprimerie, typographie
- imprimeriecompany chiefly devoted to printing
- typographiecompany chiefly devoted to printing
German Druckerei, Typographie
- Druckereicompany chiefly devoted to printing
- Typographiecompany chiefly devoted to printing
Greek τυπογραφείο
- τυπογραφείο (typografeío)company chiefly devoted to printing
Hebrew בֵּית דְּפוּס
- בֵּית דְּפוּס (beyt dfus)company chiefly devoted to printing
Hindi छापाख़ाना, छापेख़ाना
- छापाख़ाना (chāpāxānā)company chiefly devoted to printing
- छापेख़ाना (chāpexānā)company chiefly devoted to printing
Hungarian nyomda, nyomdaműhely
- nyomdacompany chiefly devoted to printing
- nyomdaműhelycompany chiefly devoted to printing
- nyomtatószaloncompany chiefly devoted to printing
- nyomdaa building in which printing takes place
Icelandic prentsmiðja
- prentsmiðjacompany chiefly devoted to printing
Italian tipografia
- tipografiacompany chiefly devoted to printing
Japanese 印刷会社, 印刷所
- 印刷会社 (insatsu-gaisha)company chiefly devoted to printing
- 印刷所company chiefly devoted to printing
Korean 인쇄소
- 인쇄소 (inswaeso)company chiefly devoted to printing
Latvian tipogrāfija
- tipogrāfijacompany chiefly devoted to printing
Lithuanian spaustuvė
- spaustuvėcompany chiefly devoted to printing
Māori whare perehi, whare perehi
- whare perehicompany chiefly devoted to printing
- whare perehia building in which printing takes place
- whare tāa building in which printing takes place
Norwegian Bokmål trykkeri
- trykkericompany chiefly devoted to printing
Polish drukarnia, drukarnia
- drukarniacompany chiefly devoted to printing
- drukarniaa building in which printing takes place
Portuguese gráfica, tipografia
- gráficacompany chiefly devoted to printing
- tipografiacompany chiefly devoted to printing
Romanian tipografie, imprimerie
- tipografiecompany chiefly devoted to printing
- imprimeriecompany chiefly devoted to printing
Russian типогра́фия, типогра́фия
- типогра́фия (tipográfija)company chiefly devoted to printing
- типогра́фия (tipográfija)a building in which printing takes place
Slovak tlačiareň
- tlačiareňcompany chiefly devoted to printing
Spanish imprenta
- imprentacompany chiefly devoted to printing
Swedish tryckeri
- tryckericompany chiefly devoted to printing
Tagalog palimbagan
- palimbagancompany chiefly devoted to printing
Thai โรงพิมพ์
- โรงพิมพ์ (roong-pim)company chiefly devoted to printing
Turkish basımevi, matbaa
- basımevicompany chiefly devoted to printing
- matbaacompany chiefly devoted to printing
- basmahanecompany chiefly devoted to printing
- basmahanea building in which printing takes place
Ukrainian друка́рня, друка́рня
- друка́рня (drukárnja)company chiefly devoted to printing
- друка́рня (drukárnja)a building in which printing takes place
Urdu مَطْبَع خانَہ, مَطْبَعَہ
- مَطْبَع خانَہ (matba' xāna)company chiefly devoted to printing
- مَطْبَعَہ (matba'a)company chiefly devoted to printing
Vietnamese nhà in, xưởng in
- nhà incompany chiefly devoted to printing
- xưởng incompany chiefly devoted to printing
- nhà máy incompany chiefly devoted to printing
Yiddish דרוקערײַ
- דרוקערײַ (drukeray)company chiefly devoted to printing
Cite this entry
printing house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/printing%20house
“printing house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/printing%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “printing house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/printing%20house.
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