showroom

English

Car showroom

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

Translations

room for display of products

Bulgarian: изложбена зала f (izložbena zala)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陳列室／陈列室 (zh) (chénlièshì)
Finnish: esittelytila
French: showroom (fr) m, salle d'exposition f, salle de montre (fr) f (Quebec)
German: Ausstellungsraum (de) m, Showroom f
Italian: salone da esposizione m
Japanese: ショールーム (shōrūmu)
Korean: 쇼룸 (syorum)
Romanian: showroom n, sală de expoziție f, salon (ro) n
Russian: вы́ставочный зал m (výstavočnyj zal), демонстрацио́нный зал m (demonstraciónnyj zal), шо́урум (ru) m (šóurum), павильо́н (ru) m (pavilʹón) (на вы́ставке)
Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-taisbeanaidh m

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.
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)

showroom

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English showroom.

Noun

showroom n (plural showroomuri)

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)

showroom