vitrine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French vitrine, from vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).
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Noun[edit]
vitrine (plural vitrines)
- 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.
- 1896, Edward L. Wilson (ed.), "The Review of the Year Past", Photographic Mosaics, page 82
Synonyms[edit]
- (cabinet): showcase, display case
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Translations[edit]
glass-paneled cabinet or case
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French[edit]

La vitrine d'une fromagerie. The shop window of a cheese shop.
Etymology[edit]
From vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitrine f (plural vitrines)
- shop window
- La vitrine d'une librairie.
- the space behind it
- Décorer la vitrine.
- (idiomatic) shopping
- Faire les vitrines, lécher les vitrines.
- vitrine (glass-paneled cabinet or case for displaying articles)
- Les vitrines d'un musée.
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Further reading[edit]
- “vitrine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Portuguese[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitrine f (plural vitrines)
- shop window (large window at the front of a shop used to display goods)
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