different between vitrine vs showcase

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

English

Etymology

From show +? case.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????ke?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??o??ke?s/

Noun

showcase (plural showcases)

1. A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
2. A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.

Synonyms

• (case for displaying): vitrine, display case
• (setting for exhibiting in favorable aspect): flagship (especially of a store)

Translations

Verb

showcase (third-person singular simple present showcases, present participle showcasing, simple past and past participle showcased)

1. To display, demonstrate, show, or present.

   I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software.

   • 2012 August 24, Yoram Hazony, “The God of Independent Minds”, The Wall Street Journal:

     Today's debates over the place of religion in modern life often showcase the claim that belief in God stifles reason and science.

   • 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)

     The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.

Translations

Anagrams

• cowashes