vitrine

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vitrine, from vitre (pane of glass), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (glass).

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vitrine (plural vitrines)

  1. A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.
    Synonyms: showcase, display case
    • 1896, “The Review of the Year Past”, in Edward L. Wilson, editor, Photographic Mosaics, page 82:
      Lastly, when great numbers of the plates are treated with the hot or boiling water, it should be done in a vitrine or cabinet ventilated directly into the open air.
    • 1919, Brand Whitlock, Belgium: A Personal Narrative, volume I, page 256:
      The Princess offered us tea and wine, and we talked for a long time, and then she must show us her house, filled with tapestries, paintings and bibelots and, in a vitrine in a room upstairs, a wonderful collection of fans painted by Carlo van Loo []
    • 1996, Leslie Glass, Hanging Time:
      Checking behind him nervously, the dealer was trying to concentrate on showing Bouck some small art-glass pieces in a vitrine in the middle of the booth.
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vitrine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌviˈtri.nə/
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  • Hyphenation: vi‧tri‧ne
  • Rhymes: -inə

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vitrine f (plural vitrines, diminutive vitrinetje n)

  1. vitrine, showcase
  2. shop window
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French

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La vitrine d'une fromagerie. The shop window of a cheese shop.

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From verrine, remodelled after its etymon, Latin vitrum (glass). By surface analysis, vitre (pane of glass) +‎ -ine.

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vitrine f (plural vitrines)

  1. shop window
    Synonym: devanture
    la vitrine d’une librairiethe window of a bookstore
    décorer la vitrineto decorate the shop window
  2. (by extension) shopping
    faire les vitrines, lécher les vitrinesto go window-shopping
  3. vitrine (glass-paneled cabinet or case for displaying articles)
    les vitrines d’un muséethe vitrines of a museum

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Borrowed from French vitrine.

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  • Hyphenation: vi‧tri‧ne

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vitrine f (plural vitrines)

  1. shop window (large window at the front of a shop used to display goods)
    Synonym: montra