showroom

== English == === Etymology === From show +‎ room. Verb sense circa 2011. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃoʊˌɹum/ === Noun === showroom (plural showrooms) A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products. (dated) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited. ==== Hypernyms ==== room ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: шоурум (šourum) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === showroom (third-person singular simple present showrooms, present participle showrooming, simple past and past participle showroomed) 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. ==== Usage notes ==== Especially used in nominalized form showrooming. == French == === Etymology === From English showroom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃo.ʁum/ === Noun === showroom m (plural showrooms) showroom == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English showroom. === Noun === showroom n (plural showroomuri) showroom ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English showroom. === Noun === showroom m (plural showrooms) showroom