showroom
English
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
Descendants
- → Russian: шоурум (šourum)
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
- IPA(key): /ʃo.ʁum/
Noun
showroom m (plural showrooms)
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English showroom.
Noun
showroom n (plural showroomuri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | showroom | showroomul | showroomuri | showroomurile | |
| genitive-dative | showroom | showroomului | showroomuri | showroomurilor | |
| vocative | showroomule | showroomurilor | |||
Spanish
Noun
showroom m (plural showrooms)