Meanings
plural shop windows · alternative US mainly shopwindow
- A large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed.
The passenger carriage was recognised as one of the "shop windows" of the railways and thus an essential element in the important work of achieving a greatly improved public image.
1963 March, Brian Haresnape, “New B.R. carriages to compete for the long-distance passenger”, in Modern Railways, page 1651 more example
The enthusiasm with which the private industry has treated the high speed rail concept can do the Corporation some good, and maybe even encourage the completion of the originally proposed electrification from New Haven to Boston. It will then have a high speed 'shop window', comparable with any in the world.
1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 168Synonyms: display case, display window, store window, window, show window
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishshop window
- Englishshop window
From Middle English shop window, shop wyndowe, equivalent to shop + window.
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Arabic شُبَّاك, فَاتْرِينَة
- شُبَّاك (šubbāk)large window at the front of a shop
- فَاتْرِينَة (fatrīna)large window at the front of a shop
- واجِهَة (wājiha)large window at the front of a shop
Basque erakusleiho
- erakusleiholarge window at the front of a shop
Bulgarian витри́на
- витри́на (vitrína)large window at the front of a shop
Catalan aparador
- aparadorlarge window at the front of a shop
Chinese Mandarin 櫥窗 /橱窗
- 櫥窗 /橱窗 (chúchuāng)large window at the front of a shop
Czech výloha, výklad
- výlohalarge window at the front of a shop
- výkladlarge window at the front of a shop
- výkladní skříňlarge window at the front of a shop
- vitrínalarge window at the front of a shop
Danish butiksvindue
- butiksvinduelarge window at the front of a shop
Dutch etalage, uitstalraam
- etalagelarge window at the front of a shop
- uitstalraamlarge window at the front of a shop
- vitrinelarge window at the front of a shop
Esperanto montrofenestro
- montrofenestrolarge window at the front of a shop
Estonian vitriin
- vitriinlarge window at the front of a shop
Finnish ikkuna, näyteikkuna
- ikkunalarge window at the front of a shop
- näyteikkunalarge window at the front of a shop
- vitriinilarge window at the front of a shop
French vitrine
- vitrinelarge window at the front of a shop
German Schaufenster
- Schaufensterlarge window at the front of a shop
Greek βιτρίνα
- βιτρίνα (vitrína)large window at the front of a shop
Hebrew חלון ראווה
- חלון ראווה (khalon re'ava)large window at the front of a shop
Hindi दुकान की खिड़की
- दुकान की खिड़की (dukān kī khiṛkī)large window at the front of a shop
Hungarian kirakat
- kirakatlarge window at the front of a shop
Indonesian etalase
- etalaselarge window at the front of a shop
Irish fuinneog
- fuinneoglarge window at the front of a shop
Italian vetrina
- vetrinalarge window at the front of a shop
Japanese ショーウィンドウ
- ショーウィンドウ (shōwindō)large window at the front of a shop
Korean 쇼윈도
- 쇼윈도 (syowindo)large window at the front of a shop
Latin fenestra tabernaria
- fenestra tabernarialarge window at the front of a shop
Latvian vitrīna
- vitrīnalarge window at the front of a shop
Lithuanian vitrina
- vitrinalarge window at the front of a shop
Norwegian Bokmål butikkvindu
- butikkvindularge window at the front of a shop
Persian ویترین
- ویترین (vitrin)large window at the front of a shop
Polish witryna, wystawa
- witrynalarge window at the front of a shop
- wystawalarge window at the front of a shop
- oknolarge window at the front of a shop
Portuguese montra, vitrina
- montralarge window at the front of a shop
- vitrinalarge window at the front of a shop
- vitrinelarge window at the front of a shop
Romanian vitrină
- vitrinălarge window at the front of a shop
Russian витри́на
- витри́на (vitrína)large window at the front of a shop
Slovak výklad, vitrína
- výkladlarge window at the front of a shop
- vitrínalarge window at the front of a shop
Spanish escaparate, vitrina
- escaparatelarge window at the front of a shop
- vitrinalarge window at the front of a shop
- vidrieralarge window at the front of a shop
- aparadorlarge window at the front of a shop
Swedish skyltfönster
- skyltfönsterlarge window at the front of a shop
Turkish vitrin, camekân
- vitrinlarge window at the front of a shop
- camekânlarge window at the front of a shop
Ukrainian вітри́на
- вітри́на (vitrýna)large window at the front of a shop
Cite this entry
shop window. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shop%20window
“shop window.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shop%20window. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shop window,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shop%20window.
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