showroom
English
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Etymology
[edit]From show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃoʊˌɹum/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]showroom (plural showrooms)
- A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
- (dated) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.
Hypernyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Russian: шоурум (šourum)
Translations
[edit]room for display of products
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Verb
[edit]showroom (third-person singular simple present showrooms, present participle showrooming, simple past and past participle showroomed)
- To inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.
- This new phone looks good, but I want to go to the mall and showroom it before buying.
Usage notes
[edit]Especially used in nominalized form showrooming.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]showroom m (plural showrooms)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English showroom.
Noun
[edit]showroom n (plural showroomuri)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | showroom | showroomul | showroomuri | showroomurile |
| genitive-dative | showroom | showroomului | showroomuri | showroomurilor |
| vocative | showroomule | showroomurilor | ||
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English showroom.
Noun
[edit]showroom m (plural showrooms)
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