How to pronounce vitrine
American English pronunciation
vih-TREEN
- IPA
- /vɪˈtɹin/
- Syllables
- vih · TREEN (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What vitrine means
A glass case for showing off precious things
In a sentence: The museum kept the jeweled egg in a locked vitrine.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French, from vitre, a pane of glass, which comes from the Latin word for glass.
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