showcase

English

Etymology

From show +‎ case.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊˌkeɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

showcase (plural showcases)

1. A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
2. A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.

Synonyms

• (case for displaying): vitrine, display case
• (setting for exhibiting in favorable aspect): flagship (especially of a store)

Translations

a case for displaying merchandise or valuable items

• Bulgarian: витри́на f (vitrína)
• Catalan: escaparat m
• Czech: vitrína (cs) f
• Finnish: vitriini (fi), lasikaappi
• German: Vitrine (de) f, Schaukasten (de) m
• Italian: esposizione (it) f
• Manx: kishtey taishbynys m
• Polish: gablota (pl)
• Portuguese: montra (pt), vitrine (pt)
• Romanian: vitrină (ro) f
• Russian: витри́на (ru) f (vitrína)
• Spanish: escaparate (es) m, vitrina (es) f, expositor m
• Turkish: camekân (tr), vitrin (tr)
• Ukrainian: вітри́на f (vitrýna)

a setting for displaying something favorably

• Albanian: vitrinë (sq) f
• Arabic: واجِهَة f (wājiha), فَاتْرِينَة f (fatrīna)
• Armenian: ցուցափեղկ (hy) (cʻucʻapʻeġk), վիտրին (vitrin)
• Azerbaijani: vitrin (az)
• Belarusian: вітры́на f (vitrýna)
• Bulgarian: витри́на f (vitrína)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 櫥窗／橱窗 (zh) (chúchuāng), 陳列櫃／陈列柜 (chénlièguì), 展臺／展台 (zh) (zhǎntái), 展櫃／展柜 (zhǎnguì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: vitrine (nl) f
• Estonian: vitriin (et)
• Finnish: vitriini (fi), lasikaappi, lasikko (fi)
• French: vitrine (fr) f
• Georgian: ვიტრინა (ka) (viṭrina)
• German: Schaufenster (de) n, Vitrine (de) f
• Greek: βιτρίνα (el) f (vitrína)
• Hungarian: vitrin (hu)
• Italian: vetrina (it) f
• Japanese: 飾り棚 (かざりだな, kazaridana), ショーケース (ja) (shōkēsu)
• Korean: 진열장 (ko) (jinyeoljang), 쇼케이스 (syokeiseu)
• Latvian: vitrīna f
• Lithuanian: vitrina f
• Macedonian: џамлак m (džamlak), излог m (izlog)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} PR-jippo n
• Persian: ویترین (fa) (vitrin)
• Polish: witryna (pl) f
• Portuguese: vitrine (pt) f
• Romanian: vitrină (ro) f
• Russian: витри́на (ru) f (vitrína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: витрина f, излог m

  Roman: vitrina (sh) f, izlog (sh) m

• Slovak: vitrína
• Slovene: vitrina f
• Spanish: vitrina (es) f
• Swedish: skyltfönster (sv) n, vitrin (sv) c
• Turkish: vitrin (tr)
• Ukrainian: вітри́на f (vitrýna)
• Vietnamese: tủ kính (vi)

Verb

showcase (third-person singular simple present showcases, present participle showcasing, simple past and past participle showcased)

1. (transitive) To display, demonstrate, show, or present.

   I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software.

   • 2012 August 24, Yoram Hazony, “The God of Independent Minds”, in The Wall Street Journal:

     Today's debates over the place of religion in modern life often showcase the claim that belief in God stifles reason and science.

   • 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours, page 93:

     The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.

   • 2019 October 23, “New train fleets... but the same old problems”, in Rail, page 34:

     The manufacturer showcased vehicles in September 2018, at Derby Litchurch Lane, but they won't be in traffic this year.

Translations

to display, demonstrate, show, or present

• Bulgarian: откроявам (otkrojavam)
• Finnish: esittää (fi), näyttää (fi)
• French: présenter (fr)
• German: herausstellen (de), zur Schau stellen, vorführen (de), darbieten (de), demonstrieren (de), präsentieren (de)
• Italian: mostrare (it), esporre (it), esibire (it), presentare (it)
• Korean: 전시하다 (ko) (jeonsihada)
• Romanian: prezenta (ro)
• Spanish: mostrar (es)
• Swedish: ställa ut (sv), förevisa (sv)

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