different between vitreous vs vitrine

English

Etymology

From Middle French vitreux, from Latin vitreus (“glassy, transparent”), from vitrum (“glass”).

The terms vitreous (positive) and resinous (negative) electricity were coined in 1733 by Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, who studied the different behaviour of glass and resin when rubbed with silk and fur, respectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?.t?i.?s/

Adjective

vitreous (comparative more vitreous, superlative most vitreous)

1. Of or resembling glass; glassy.
2. Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
3. (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
4. (chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
5. (physics, dated) Positive (of electric charge).

Antonyms

• (electric charge): resinous

Derived terms

• vitreous humour / vitreous humor

Related terms

• vitrify, vitrification, vitrifaction, vitrifacture

Translations

Noun

vitreous (usually uncountable, plural vitreouses)

1. (by elision) The vitreous humor.

Anagrams

• oversuit, virtuose, voitures

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /v??t?i?n/, /v??t?i?n/

Noun

vitrine (plural vitrines)

1. A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.

   Synonyms: showcase, display case

   • 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 […]

Related terms

• vitreous

Translations

Further reading

• Showcase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• inviter

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitrine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?tri.n?/
• Hyphenation: vi?tri?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

vitrine f (plural vitrines, diminutive vitrinetje n)

1. vitrine, showcase
2. shop window

Related terms

• vitrage
• vitriool

French

Etymology

From verrine, remodelled after its etymon, Latin vitrum (“glass”). Synchronically, from vitre (“pane of glass”) +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.t?in/

Noun

vitrine f (plural vitrines)

1. shop window

   Synonym: devanture

2. (by extension) shopping

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

Derived terms

• lèche-vitrine

Related terms

• vitrail

Descendants

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• inviter

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)

   Synonym: montra