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showroom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʃoʊˌɹum/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.

Meanings

  1. A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
  2. (dated) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
showrooms Number=Plur lexicographic

Descendants

шоурум

Hypernyms

room

Translations (21)

ru демонстрацио́нный зал (room for display of products) · es sala de muestras (room for display of products) · bg шоурум (room for display of products) · de Ausstellungsraum (room for display of products) · ja ショールーム (room for display of products) · es salón de exhibición (room for display of products) · fr salle d'exposition (room for display of products) · fr salle de montre (room for display of products) · fi esittelytila (room for display of products) · ru шо́урум (room for display of products) · fr showroom (room for display of products) · ko 쇼룸 (room for display of products) · ru вы́ставочный зал (room for display of products) · it salone da esposizione (room for display of products) · ro salon (room for display of products) · ru павильо́н (room for display of products) · de Showroom (room for display of products) · cmn 陳列室 /陈列室 (room for display of products) · ro sală de expoziție (room for display of products) · gd seòmar-taisbeanaidh (room for display of products) · ro showroom (room for display of products)

showroom en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʃoʊˌɹum/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.

Meanings

  1. 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
showrooming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
showroomed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
showroomed Tense=Past lexicographic
showrooms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic