shop window
noun
shop window is a noun meaning “A large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-H-O-P-W-I-N-D-O-W. The plural of shop window is shop windows.
What does shop window mean?
noun
- 1
A large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce shop window?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shop_window.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shop window
- shop windows plural
- shopwindow US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shop window in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense large window at the front of a shop:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vitrine |
| German | Schaufenster |
| Portuguese | montra, vitrina, vitrine |
| Spanish | escaparate, vitrina, vidriera, aparador |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does shop window come from?
From Middle English shop window, shop wyndowe, equivalent to shop + window.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).