Phrase guide

shop window

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: display case, display window, store window, window

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: display window, shopwindow, show window

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: window

History

Etymology

From Middle English shop window, shop wyndowe, equivalent to shop + window.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vitrinë — large window at the front of a shop
  • Arabic: شُبَّاك (šubbāk) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Arabic: فَاتْرِينَة (fatrīna) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Arabic: واجِهَة (wājiha) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Armenian: ցուցափեղկ (cʻucʻapʻeġk) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Armenian: վիտրին (vitrin) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Azerbaijani: vitrin — large window at the front of a shop
  • Basque: erakusleiho — large window at the front of a shop
  • Belarusian: вітры́на (vitrýna) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Bulgarian: витри́на (vitrína) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Catalan: aparador — large window at the front of a shop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 櫥窗 /橱窗 (chúchuāng) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Czech: výloha — large window at the front of a shop
  • Czech: výklad — large window at the front of a shop
  • Czech: výkladní skříň — large window at the front of a shop
  • Czech: vitrína — large window at the front of a shop
  • Danish: butiksvindue — large window at the front of a shop
  • Dutch: etalage — large window at the front of a shop
  • Dutch: uitstalraam — large window at the front of a shop
  • Dutch: vitrine — large window at the front of a shop
  • Esperanto: montrofenestro — large window at the front of a shop
  • Estonian: vitriin — large window at the front of a shop
  • Finnish: ikkuna — large window at the front of a shop
  • Finnish: näyteikkuna — large window at the front of a shop
  • Finnish: vitriini — large window at the front of a shop
  • French: vitrine — large window at the front of a shop
  • Galician: vidreira — large window at the front of a shop
  • Galician: escaparate — large window at the front of a shop
  • Georgian: ვიტრინა (viṭrina) — large window at the front of a shop
  • German: Schaufenster — large window at the front of a shop
  • Greek: βιτρίνα (vitrína) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Hebrew: חלון ראווה (khalon re'ava) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Hindi: दुकान की खिड़की (dukān kī khiṛkī) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Hungarian: kirakat — large window at the front of a shop
  • Indonesian: etalase — large window at the front of a shop
  • Irish: fuinneog — large window at the front of a shop
  • Italian: vetrina — large window at the front of a shop
  • Japanese: ショーウィンドウ (shōwindō) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Kazakh: витрина (vitrina) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Korean: 쇼윈도 (syowindo) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Central Kurdish: پەنجەرە (pencere) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Kyrgyz: витрина (vitrina) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Latin: fenestra tabernaria — large window at the front of a shop
  • Latvian: vitrīna — large window at the front of a shop
  • Lithuanian: vitrina — large window at the front of a shop
  • Macedonian: излог (izlog) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Marathi: दुकानाची खिडकी (dukānācī khiḍkī) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Navajo: tsésǫʼ — large window at the front of a shop
  • Norman: d'vantuthe — large window at the front of a shop
  • Norwegian Bokmål: butikkvindu — large window at the front of a shop
  • Persian: ویترین (vitrin) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Polish: witryna — large window at the front of a shop
  • Polish: wystawa — large window at the front of a shop
  • Polish: okno — large window at the front of a shop
  • Portuguese: montra — large window at the front of a shop
  • Portuguese: vitrina — large window at the front of a shop
  • Portuguese: vitrine — large window at the front of a shop
  • Romanian: vitrină — large window at the front of a shop
  • Russian: витри́на (vitrína) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: витри́на — large window at the front of a shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝзлог — large window at the front of a shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: vitrína — large window at the front of a shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzlog — large window at the front of a shop
  • Slovak: výklad — large window at the front of a shop
  • Slovak: vitrína — large window at the front of a shop
  • Slovene: izložbeno okno — large window at the front of a shop
  • Slovene: izložba — large window at the front of a shop
  • Slovene: vitrina — large window at the front of a shop
  • Spanish: escaparate — large window at the front of a shop
  • Spanish: vitrina — large window at the front of a shop
  • Spanish: vidriera — large window at the front of a shop
  • Spanish: aparador — large window at the front of a shop
  • Swedish: skyltfönster — large window at the front of a shop
  • Tajik: витрина (vitrina) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Turkish: vitrin — large window at the front of a shop
  • Turkish: camekân — large window at the front of a shop
  • Ottoman Turkish: جامكان (camekân) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Turkmen: witrina — large window at the front of a shop
  • Ukrainian: вітри́на (vitrýna) — large window at the front of a shop
  • Uzbek: vitrina — large window at the front of a shop