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: витрина (ru) f (vitrína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: витрина f

  Roman: vitrina f

• Spanish: vitrina (es) f

§External links

• Showcase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Showcase

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§French

Wikipedia ^fr

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

§External links

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

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§Portuguese

§Alternative forms

• vitrina

§Noun

vitrine f (plural vitrines)

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

§Synonyms

• montra