showroom
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English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/VW_Showroom.jpg/220px-VW_Showroom.jpg)
Etymology
From show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃoʊˌɹum/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
showroom (plural showrooms)
- A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
- (dated) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.
Hypernyms
Translations
room for display of products
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Verb
showroom (third-person singular simple present showrooms, present participle showrooming, simple past and past participle showroomed)
- To inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.
- This new phone looks good, but I want to go to the mall and showroom it before buying.
Usage notes
Especially used in nominalized form showrooming.
French
Etymology
From English.
Pronunciation
Noun
showroom m (plural showrooms)
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English showroom.
Noun
showroom n (plural showroomuri)
Declension
Declension of showroom
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) showroom | showroomul | (niște) showroomuri | showroomurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) showroom | showroomului | (unor) showroomuri | showroomurilor |
vocative | showroomule | showroomurilor |
Spanish
Noun
showroom m (plural showrooms)
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