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vitrine

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /vɪˈtɹiːn/
  • UK, US: /vəˈtɹiːn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: showcase, display case

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: case, display case, showcase

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: container

Narrower terms: trophy case

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: вітры́на (vitrýna) — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Catalan: vitrina — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Catalan: escaparat — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Czech: vitrína — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Danish: vitrineskab — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Danish: vitrine — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Finnish: vitriini — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • French: vitrine — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • German: Vitrine — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Greek: βιτρίνα (vitrína) — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Italian: vetrina — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Japanese: 飾り棚 (kazaridana) — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Persian: ویترین (vitrin) — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Polish: witryna — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Portuguese: vitrine — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Portuguese: vitrina — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Romanian: vitrină — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Russian: го́рка (górka) — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Russian: витри́на (vitrína) — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Serbo-Croatian: витрина — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Serbo-Croatian: vitrina — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Spanish: vitrina — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Spanish: cristalera — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Swedish: vitrinskåp — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Swedish: vitrin — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Ottoman Turkish: جامكان (camekân) — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Ukrainian: вітри́на (vitrýna) — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Welsh: cabined arddangos — glass-paneled cabinet or case
  • Welsh: cabinedau arddangos — glass-paneled cabinet or case