show

See also: Show

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

shew (archaic)
shewe (obsolete)
showe (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English schewen, schawen, scheawen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution.

Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Saterland Frisian scoe (“to look, behold”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”), Icelandic skygna (“to spy, behold, see”). Related to sheen.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation): IPA^(key): /ʃəʊ/
(General American): enPR: shō, IPA^(key): /ʃoʊ/
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Rhymes: -əʊ

Verb[edit]

show (third-person singular simple present shows, present participle showing, simple past showed or (archaic) shew, past participle shown or (now rare, US) showed)

(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.

All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
  Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
(transitive) To bestow; to confer.
to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please
(transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
- 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:
  He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
  A report this year in the Journal of Geophysical Research showed that the glacier has lost 60 percent of its mass.
(transitive) To guide or escort.
Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.

They showed us in.
(intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
Your bald patch is starting to show.

At length, his gloom showed.
- 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], OCLC 1154883115, (please specify the page number):
  
  Just such she shows before a rising storm.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Day-Dream‎^[1], New York: E. P. Dutton, published 1885, page 26:
  All round a hedge upshoots, and shows / At distance like a little wood.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
(intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
(intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
(intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
(intransitive, card games) To reveal one's hand of cards.
- 2017, Nathan Schwiethale, Ace High: Mastering Low Stakes Poker Cash Games (page 70)
  He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.
(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
  My lord of York, it better showed with you.

Usage notes[edit]

The past participle shown was uncommon before the 19th century, but is now the preferred form in standard English. In the UK, showed is regarded as archaic or dialectal. In the US, it is considered a standard variant form, but shown is more common. Garner's Modern American Usage favors shown over showed as past participle and claims it is mandatory for passives.
In the past, shew was used as a past-tense form and shewed as a past participle of this verb; both forms are now archaic.

Synonyms[edit]

(display): display, indicate, point out, reveal, exhibit
(indicate a fact to be true): demonstrate, prove
(put in an appearance): arrive, show up

Antonyms[edit]

(display): conceal, cover up, hide
(indicate a fact to be true): disprove, refute

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from show (verb)

Translations[edit]

to display

Albanian: tregoj (sq)
Arabic: عَرَضَ‎ (ar) (ʿaraḍa), قَدَّمَ‎ (ar) (qaddama), ظَهَرَ‎ (ar) (ẓahara)
Egyptian Arabic: ورى‎ (warra)

Moroccan Arabic: ورى‎ (warra), قدم‎ (qaddam)
Armenian: ցույց տալ (hy) (cʿuycʿ tal)
Azerbaijani: göstərmək (az)
Belarusian: пака́зваць impf (pakázvacʹ), паказа́ць (be) pf (pakazácʹ)
Bengali: দেখানো (dekhano)
Breton: diskouez (br)
Bulgarian: пока́звам (bg) impf (pokázvam), пока́жа (bg) pf (pokáža)
Burmese: ပြသ (my) (pra.sa.), ပြ (my) (pra.)
Catalan: mostrar (ca), ensenyar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗᎭ (agowadvdiha)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 展示 (zin² si⁶)

Mandarin: 展示 (zh) (zhǎnshì), 表示 (zh) (biǎoshì), 顯示 (zh), 显示 (zh) (xiǎnshì), 讓……看看, 让……看看 (ràng ... kàn kàn)
Czech: ukazovat (cs) impf, ukázat (cs) pf
Danish: vise (da)
Dutch: tonen (nl), laten zien (nl), vertonen (nl), showen (nl)
Elfdalian: lat sjǫ
Esperanto: vidigi, montri (eo)
Estonian: näitama
Faroese: vísa, sýna
Finnish: näyttää (fi); (formally, or in length) esitellä (fi)
French: montrer (fr)
Middle French: monstrer

Old French: mostrer, monstrer
Friulian: mostrâ
Galician: mostrar (gl), amosar (gl)
Georgian: ჩვენება (čveneba)
German: zeigen (de), darstellen (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (augjan), 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan)
Greek: εμφανίζω (el) (emfanízo), παρουσιάζω (el) (parousiázo), δείχνω (el) (deíchno)
Ancient: φαίνω (phaínō), δείκνυμι (deíknumi)
Greenlandic: ersersippaa
Hebrew: הִצִּיג‎ (he) (hitsíg), הֶרְאָה‎ (her'á)
Hindi: दिखाना (hi) (dikhānā)
Hungarian: mutat (hu), megmutat (hu), érzékeltet, jelez (hu), tanúsít (hu), kinyilvánít (hu), kimutat (hu)
Icelandic: sýna (is)
Indonesian: tunjuk (id)
Interlingua: monstrar
Irish: taispeáin
Italian: mostrare (it), fare vedere
Japanese: 見せる (ja) (みせる, miseru), 示す (ja) (しめす, shimesu), 表す (ja) (あらわす, arawasu)
Javanese: meruhi (jv)
Kashubian: pòkôzac pf
Kazakh: көрсету (kk) (körsetw), қарату (qaratw)
Khmer: បង្ហាញ (km) (bɑnghaañ), ណែ (km) (nae)
Korean: 전시하다 (ko) (jeonsihada), 보이다 (ko) (boida)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پیشاندان‎ (pîşandan)
Kyrgyz: көрсөтүү (ky) (körsötüü), көргөзүү (ky) (körgözüü)
Lao: ສະແດງ (sa dǣng)
Latgalian: ruodeit

Latin: ostendo, praestō, offero (la), exhibeo (la), designo, monstro (la), doceo (la)
Latvian: parādīt, rādīt
Lithuanian: parodyti (lt), rodyti (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: wiesen
Luxembourgish: weisen
Macedonian: покажува impf (pokažuva), покаже pf (pokaže)
Malay: tunjuk
Maore Comorian: uenyesa
Maori: tītohu
Marathi: दाखवणे (dākhavṇe)
Mongolian: үзэсгэлэн (mn) (üzesgelen)
Norman: montrer
Northern Sami: čájẹhit, vuosẹhit
Norwegian: vise (no)
Old English: ætīewan
Old French: mustrer
Old Occitan: mostrar
Oscan: 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌊𐌖𐌌 (deíkum)
Persian: نشان دادن‎ (fa) (nešân dadân), نمودن‎ (fa) (nemudan)
Plautdietsch: wiesen
Polish: pokazywać (pl) impf, pokazać (pl) pf
Portuguese: mostrar (pt), apresentar (pt)
Quechua: rikuchiy
Romanian: arăta (ro)
Romansch: mussar
Russian: пока́зывать (ru) impf (pokázyvatʹ), показа́ть (ru) pf (pokazátʹ)
Sanskrit: दिशति (sa) (diśati)
Scots: shaw
Scottish Gaelic: seall
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: показати pf

Roman: pokazati (sh) pf
Slovak: ukazovať impf, ukázať pf
Slovene: kazati impf, pokazati pf
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: pokazować (hsb) impf, pokazać pf
Spanish: mostrar (es), enseñar (es)
Swahili: -onyesha
Swedish: visa (sv)
Tagalog: magpakita, ipakita
Tajik: нишон додан (nišon dodan)
Telugu: చూపించు (te) (cūpiñcu)
Thai: แสดง (th) (sà-dɛɛng), ชี้แจง (th) (chíi-jɛɛng)
Turkish: göstermek (tr)
Turkmen: görkezmek
Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎙𐎊 (bġy)
Ukrainian: пока́зувати (uk) impf (pokázuvaty), показа́ти pf (pokazáty)
Urdu: دکھانا‎ (dikhānā)
Uzbek: koʻrsatmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: chỉ (vi), tỏ ra (vi)
Walloon: mostrer (wa)
Welsh: dangos (cy)
Yiddish: ווײַזן‎ (vayzn)

to bestow; confer — see bestow,‎ confer

to indicate (a fact) to be true

Arabic: ثَبَتَ‎ (ṯabata), وَضَحَ‎ (waḍaḥa)
Armenian: ցույց տալ (hy) (cʿuycʿ tal)
Breton: diskouez (br)
Bulgarian: показвам (bg) (pokazvam)
Catalan: demostrar (ca)
Czech: ukázat (cs)
Dutch: aantonen (nl), demonstreren (nl), bewijzen (nl)
Finnish: näyttää (fi), osoittaa (fi)
French: démontrer (fr)
German: zeigen (de)
Greek: αποδεικνύω (el) (apodeiknýo)
Hebrew: הראה‎ (her'é)
Hungarian: kimutat (hu), bizonyít (hu), bebizonyít (hu), tanúskodik (hu)
Italian: dimostrare (it)
Japanese: 示す (ja) (しめす, shimesu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پیشاندان‎ (pîşandan)

Macedonian: покажува impf (pokažuva), покаже pf (pokaže)
Norwegian: vise (no)
Persian: نشان دادن‎ (fa) (nešân dâdan)
Polish: pokazywać (pl)
Portuguese: demonstrar (pt)
Romanian: arăta (ro), demonstra (ro)
Russian: пока́зывать (ru) impf (pokázyvatʹ), показа́ть (ru) pf (pokazátʹ)
Scots: shaw
Spanish: demostrar (es)
Swedish: visa (sv), demonstrera (sv)
Thai: แสดง (th) (sà-dɛɛng)
Vietnamese: cho thấy
Walloon: mostrer (wa), dimostrer (formally)

to guide or escort

Esperanto: ĉiĉeroni, gvidi
Finnish: opastaa (fi), saattaa (fi)
Hungarian: kísér (hu), elkísér (hu), vezet (hu)

Italian: portare (it), condurre (it), guidare (it)
Lushootseed: ʔugʷus

to be visible

Breton: dont war-wel
Bulgarian: виждам се (viždam se)
Finnish: näkyä (fi); näyttäytyä (fi) (shortly), pilkistää (fi)
French: se voir (fr)
Greek: φαίνομαι (el) (faínomai)
Ancient: φαίνω (phaínō)

Hungarian: látszik (hu), látható (hu), meglátszik, mutatkozik (hu), megmutatkozik (hu)
Russian: пока́зываться (ru) impf (pokázyvatʹsja), показа́ться (ru) pf (pokazátʹsja)
Swedish: synas (sv), märkas (sv)
Walloon: si vey, ès vir

show up — see show up

to have a big belly, as pregnant

Finnish: näkyä (fi)

Walloon: esse grosse

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: ^{(please verify)} diskouez (br)
Ido: ^{(please verify)} montrar (io), (indicate) ^{(please verify)} indikar (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} menunjukkan (id) , ^{(please verify)} mempertunjukkan (id) , ^{(please verify)} menampilkan (id) , ^{(please verify)} memperlihatkan (id)

Noun[edit]

show (countable and uncountable, plural shows)

(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
(countable) An exhibition of items.
art show; dog show
(countable) A broadcast program/programme.
radio show; television show
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  Every day I do my morning show.
  Audio (US)
  (file)
(countable) A movie.
Let's catch a show.
(Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural show.
I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.
- 1924 October 6, The Examiner, page 2, column 6:
  E, C. McsEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds[.]
A project or presentation.
Let's get on with the show. Let's get this show on the road. They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors. It was Apple's usual dog and pony show.
(countable) A demonstration.
show of force
(uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
- 1728, Edward Young, The Love of Fame
  I envy none their pageantry and show.
The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2
  So may the outward shows be least themselves:
  
  The world is still deceived with ornament.
(baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
(mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp^[1].
(archaic) Pretence.
(archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 20:46-47:
  
  Beware of the scribes, […] which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  He through the midst unmarked, / In show plebeian angel militant / Of lowest order, passed.
(obsolete) Plausibility.
(medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

Synonyms[edit]

(exhibition): exhibition, exposition
(demonstration): demonstration, illustration, proof
(broadcast program(me)): program(me)
(mere display with no substance): façade, front, superficiality
(baseball): big leagues

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from show (noun)

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: xou
→ Danish: show
→ Dutch: show
→ Finnish: show
→ German: Show
→ Hindi: शो (śo)
→ Hungarian: show
→ Japanese: ショー (shō)
→ Korean: 쇼 (syo)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: show
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: show
→ Portuguese: show
→ Russian: шоу (šou)
→ Spanish: show
→ Swedish: show
→ Urdu: شو‎ (śo)

Translations[edit]

entertainment

Arabic: عَرْض‎ (ar) m (ʿarḍ), اِسْتِعْرَاض‎ m (istiʿrāḍ)
Belarusian: пака́з m (pakáz), шоў n (šoŭ), спекта́кль m (spjektáklʹ), відо́вішча n (vidóvišča)
Bulgarian: представле́ние (bg) n (predstavlénie), шо́у (bg) n (šóu)
Burmese: ရှိုး (my) (hrui:)
Catalan: espectacle (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 騷, 骚 (sou¹)

Mandarin: 表演 (zh) (biǎoyǎn), 演出 (zh) (yǎnchū), 秀 (zh) (xiù)
Czech: podívaná f, šou (cs) f or n
Dutch: show (nl), voorstelling (nl)
Esperanto: spektaklo (eo)
Finnish: show (fi), näytelmä (fi), esitys (fi)
French: spectacle (fr) m, festival (fr) m
German: Show (de) f, Schau (de) f
Greek: θέαμα (el) n (théama), σόου (el) n (sóou)
Ancient: θέα f (théa)
Hebrew: הוֹפָעָה‎ f (hofa'á)
Hungarian: előadás (hu), műsor (hu), show (hu)
Irish: seó m
Italian: spettacolo (it) m
Japanese: 公演 (こうえん, kouen), 興行 (ja) (こうぎょう, kōgyō), ショー (shō)
Khmer: ល្ខោន (km) (lkhaon)
Korean: 쇼 (ko) (syo), 흥행 (ko) (heunghaeng)

Lao: ລະຄອນ (la khǭn)
Latin: spectaculum n
Macedonian: претстава f (pretstava), емисија f (emisija) (TV)
Malay: persembahan
Maltese: spettaklu m
Persian: نمایش‎ (fa) (namâyeš)
Polish: pokaz (pl) m, wystawa (pl) f
Portuguese: show (pt) m, espetáculo (pt) m
Romanian: spectacol (ro) n
Russian: представле́ние (ru) n (predstavlénije), шо́у (ru) n (šóu), спекта́кль (ru) m (spektáklʹ), зре́лище (ru) n (zrélišče)
Scots: shaw
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шоу m, представа f

Roman: šou (sh) m, predstava (sh) f
Slovak: predstavenie n, šou f
Slovene: predstava (sl) f, oddaja f, šov m
Spanish: espectáculo (es) m, show (es) m, festival m
Swahili: shoo (sw)
Swedish: show (sv) c
Tajik: намоиш (namoyiš)
Thai: ละคร (th) (lá-kɔɔn), โชว์ (th) (choo)
Turkish: gösteri (tr), şov (tr)
Ukrainian: виста́ва f (vystáva), спекта́кль m (spektáklʹ), шо́у n (šóu), видо́вище n (vydóvyšče)
Vietnamese: biểu diễn (vi), trình diễn (vi)
Welsh: sioe (cy)

exhibition — See also translations at exhibition

Arabic: مَعْرِض‎ m (maʿriḍ)
Bulgarian: и́зложба (bg) f (ízložba)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 展覽會 (zh), 展览会 (zh) (zhǎnlǎnhuì)
Czech: přehlídka f, výstava (cs) f
Dutch: tentoonstelling (nl), expositie (nl)
Finnish: näyttely (fi), esittely (fi)
French: exposition (fr) f
Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi)
Hebrew: מופע‎ (he) m (mofá)
Hungarian: kiállítás (hu), bemutató (hu)
Italian: mostra (it) f, esibizione (it) f
Japanese: 展示会 (てんじかい, tenjikai)
Kazakh: көрме (kk) (körme)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پیشانگا‎ (pîşanga)
Latin: ostentus m

Macedonian: изложба f (izložba)
Malay: pertunjukan
Maltese: wirja, essibizjoni
Polish: show (pl) m
Portuguese: mostra (pt) f, exposição (pt) f
Romanian: expoziție (ro) f
Russian: вы́ставка (ru) f (výstavka)
Scots: shaw
Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: izložba f
Spanish: exposición (es) f
Swahili: maonyesho (sw)
Swedish: uppvisning (sv) c (living objects), utställning (sv) c (non-living objects)
Telugu: ప్రదర్శనం (te) (pradarśanaṃ)
Turkish: şov (tr)
Ukrainian: ви́ставка (uk) f (výstavka), експози́ція f (ekspozýcija)
Vietnamese: triển lãm (vi)
Welsh: arddangosfa (cy), sioe (cy)

demonstration

Arabic: إِظْهَار‎ (ʾiẓhār), عَرْض‎ (ar) (ʿarḍ)
Bilarian: показване (bg) n (pokazvane), демонстрация (bg) f (demonstracija)
Czech: ukázka (cs) f, předvedení n
Finnish: näytös (fi), demonstraatio
French: démonstration (fr) f
German: Demonstration (de) f, Schau (de) f
Greek: επίδειξη (el) f (epídeixi)
Hungarian: demonstráció (hu), fitogtatás
Japanese: 誇示 (ja) (こじ, koji)
Latin: ostentus m
Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f

Romanian: demonstrație (ro) f
Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), пока́з (ru) m (pokáz)
Scots: shaw
Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: demonstracija (sh) f
Spanish: demostración (es) f
Swahili: maonyesho (sw)
Swedish: demonstration (sv)
Telugu: ప్రదర్శనం (te) (pradarśanaṃ)

broadcast program(me)

Arabic: بَرْنَامَج‎ (ar) m (barnāmaj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節目 (zh), 节目 (zh) (jiémù)
Czech: pořad (cs) m
Finnish: ohjelma (fi)
French: émission (fr) f
German: Sendung (de) f, Programm (de) n
Greek: εκπομπή (el) f (ekpompí)
Hebrew: תוכנית‎ (he) f (tokhnít)
Hungarian: műsor (hu)
Irish: seó m, clár m
Italian: programma (it) m
Japanese: ショー (shō), 番組 (ja) (ばんぐみ, bangumi)
Korean: 쇼 (ko) (syo), 프로그램 (ko) (peurogeuraem)
Macedonian: емисија f (emisija)
Norwegian: show (no) m, program m

Persian: شو‎ (fa) (šow)
Portuguese: programa (pt) m
Romanian: emisiune (ro) f, program (ro) f
Russian: програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma), (Television only) телепрогра́мма (ru) f (teleprográmma), шо́у (ru) n (šóu), переда́ча (ru) f (peredáča)
Scots: shaw
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: šou (sh) m
Slovak: šou f
Spanish: programa (es) m
Swedish: program (sv) n
Thai: ละคร (th) (lá-kɔɔn)
Turkish: gösteri (tr), şov (tr), program (tr)
Vietnamese: chương trình (vi)
Welsh: rhaglen (cy)

mere display

Bulgarian: показност f (pokaznost)
Esperanto: ŝajno
Finnish: näytös (fi)

Hungarian: látszat (hu)
Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m

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Mandarin: 演出 (yǎnchū), 表演 (biǎoyǎn)

References[edit]

^ 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms

Anagrams[edit]

Hows, how's, hows, who's, whos

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English show.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʃoː/
Audio
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Hyphenation: show

Noun[edit]

show m (plural shows, diminutive showtje n)

A show (entertainment).

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English show.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈʃou̯/, [ˈʃo̞u̯]
IPA^(key): /ˈʃoː/, [ˈʃo̞ː]
IPA^(key): /ˈsoː/, [ˈs̠o̞ː]

Noun[edit]

show

show (entertainment)

Usage notes[edit]

In plural usually substituted with a synonym, as the word does not easily fit into any Finnish declension category.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of show (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative		show	show’t
genitive		show’n	show’iden show’itten
partitive		show’ta	show’ita
illative		show’hun	show’ihin
		singular	plural
nominative		show	show’t
accusative	nom.	show	show’t
accusative	gen.	show’n	show’t
genitive		show’n	show’iden show’itten
partitive		show’ta	show’ita
inessive		show’ssa	show’issa
elative		show’sta	show’ista
illative		show’hun	show’ihin
adessive		show’lla	show’illa
ablative		show’lta	show’ilta
allative		show’lle	show’ille
essive		show’na	show’ina
translative		show’ksi	show’iksi
instructive		—	show’in
abessive		show’tta	show’itta
comitative		—	show’ineen

Possessive forms of show (type parfait)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	show’ni	show’mme
2nd person	show’si	show’nne
3rd person	show’nsa

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esitys, näytös

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IPA^(key): /ʃo/
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show m (plural shows)

(Anglicism) show

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English show. ^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈʃoː]
Audio
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Homophone: só
Hyphenation: show
Rhymes: -ʃoː

Noun[edit]

show (plural show-k)

show (entertainment, programme, production, performance)

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	show	show-k
accusative	show-t	show-kat
dative	show-nak	show-knak
instrumental	show-val	show-kkal
causal-final	show-ért	show-kért
translative	show-vá	show-kká
terminative	show-ig	show-kig
essive-formal	show-ként	show-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	show-ban	show-kban
superessive	show-n	show-kon
adessive	show-nál	show-knál
illative	show-ba	show-kba
sublative	show-ra	show-kra
allative	show-hoz	show-khoz
elative	show-ból	show-kból
delative	show-ról	show-król
ablative	show-tól	show-któl
non-attributive possessive - singular	show-é	show-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	show-éi	show-kéi

Possessive forms of show
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	show-m	show-im
2nd person sing.	show-d	show-id
3rd person sing.	show-ja	show-i
1st person plural	show-nk	show-ink
2nd person plural	show-tok	show-itok
3rd person plural	show-juk	show-ik

References[edit]

^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English show.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʃɔʋ/, /ʃɔʊ/
Rhymes: -ɔʋ, -ɔʊ

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show n (definite singular showet, indefinite plural show, definite plural showa or showene)

a show (play, concert, entertainment)

Derived terms[edit]

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“show” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English show.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʂɔʋ/, /ʂɔu/
Rhymes: -ɔʋ, -ɔu

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show n (definite singular showet, indefinite plural show, definite plural showa)

a show (play, concert, entertainment)

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“show” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English show, from Middle English schewen, schawen, scheawen, from Old English scēawian, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.

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IPA^(key): /ʂɔw/
Audio
(file)
Hyphenation: show
Rhymes: -ɔw

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show m inan (indeclinable)

show (exhibition)

Portuguese[edit]

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chou (rare), xou (rare)

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English show.

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(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃow/

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show m (plural shows)

show (a entertainment performance event)
Synonyms: espetáculo, apresentação
1. (especially) concert (musical presentation)
(chiefly Brazil, slang) an act or performance that demonstrates high skill; spectacle; display; feat
Aquela aula foi um show.
That class was amazing.

Synonym: espetáculo
(slang, often used in dar um show) the action of crying or yelling out loud in order to protest or complain about something, often in the context of a discussion or argument

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show (invariable, comparable)

(Brazil, slang) amazing; awesome
Synonyms: espetacular, excelente, maravilhoso

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English show.

Noun[edit]

show n (plural show-uri)

show

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Declension of show

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) show	showul	(niște) show-uri	show-urile
genitive/dative	(unui) show	showului	(unor) show-uri	show-urilor
vocative	showule		show-urilor

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English show.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈʃou/, [ˈʃou̯]

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃou/, [ˈt͡ʃou̯]

IPA^(key): /ˈsou/, [ˈsou̯]

Noun[edit]

show m (plural shows)

show
(informal) a scandal
spectacle
an exhibition motivated action or thing

Usage notes[edit]

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Etymology[edit]

From English show.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɧɔ͡ʊ/, [ɧɔ͡ʊ], [ʂɔ͡ʊ]
IPA^(key): /ɧɔv/, [ɧɔvː], [ʂɔvː]
IPA^(key): /ɧoː/ (dated)

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show c

show; a play, dance, or other entertainment.

Declension[edit]

Declension of show
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	show	showen	shower	showerna
Genitive	shows	showens	showers	showernas

[1] 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms

[2] Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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