vitrine

See also: Vitrine

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French vitrine, from vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /vɪˈtɹiːn/, /vəˈtɹiːn/

Noun

vitrine (plural vitrines)

1. A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.
   • 1896, Edward L. Wilson (ed.), "The Review of the Year Past", 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.

Synonyms

• (cabinet): showcase, display case

Related terms

• vitreous

Translations

glass-paneled cabinet or case

• Czech: vitrína f
• French: vitrine (fr) f
• German: Vitrine (de) f
• Greek: βιτρίνα (el) f (vitrína)
• Japanese: 飾り棚 (kazaridana)
• Persian: ویترین‏‎ (fa) (vitrin)

• Portuguese: vitrine (pt) f, vitrina f
• Russian: витри́на (ru) f (vitrína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: витрина f

  Roman: vitrina f

• Spanish: vitrina (es) f

Further reading

• Showcase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• inviter

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French

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

Etymology

From vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vit.ʁin/

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Noun

vitrine f (plural vitrines)

1. shop window

   La vitrine d'une librairie.

   1. the space behind it

      Décorer la vitrine.

   2. (idiomatic) shopping

      Faire les vitrines, lécher les vitrines.

2. vitrine (glass-paneled cabinet or case for displaying articles)

   Les vitrines d'un musée.

Synonyms

• devanture

Derived terms

• lèche-vitrine

Related terms

• vitrail

Descendants

• English: vitrine
• Portuguese: vitrine
• Greek: βιτρίνα f (vitrína)

Anagrams

• inviter

Further reading

• “vitrine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vitrina

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitrine.

Noun

vitrine f (plural vitrines)

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

Synonyms

• montra