showroom

English
Car showroom

Etymology

From show +‎ room. Verb sense circa 2011.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃoʊˌɹum/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

showroom (plural showrooms)

  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.

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Translations

Verb

showroom (third-person singular simple present showrooms, present participle showrooming, simple past and past participle showroomed)

  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.

Usage notes

Especially used in nominalized form showrooming.

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃo.ʁum/

Noun

showroom m (plural showrooms)

  1. showroom

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English showroom.

Noun

showroom n (plural showroomuri)

  1. showroom

Declension
Declension of showroom
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) showroom showroomul (niște) showroomuri showroomurile
genitive/dative (unui) showroom showroomului (unor) showroomuri showroomurilor
vocative showroomule showroomurilor

Spanish

Noun

showroom m (plural showrooms)

  1. showroom
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