English
vitrine
Pronunciation
  • (British, America) IPA: /vɪˈtɹiːn/, /vəˈtɹiːn/
Noun

vitrine (plural vitrines)

  1. A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.
    Synonyms: showcase, display case
    • 1896, Edward L. Wilson (ed.), "The Review of the Year Past", Photographic Mosaics, page 82
      Lastly, when great numbers of the plates are treated with the hot or boiling water, it should be done in a vitrine or cabinet ventilated directly into the open air.
    • 1919, Brand Whitlock, Belgium: A Personal Narrative, volume I, page 256
      The Princess offered us tea and wine, and we talked for a long time, and then she must show us her house, filled with tapestries, paintings and bibelots and, in a vitrine in a room upstairs, a wonderful collection of fans painted by Carlo van Loo […]
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