Senegal

vitrine

Meaning

a window pane

Elsewhere

vitre

Explanation

In standard French a vitrine is a shop window and a vitre an ordinary pane. In Senegal and Togo a vitrine is any pane of glass.

Example

Un ballon a cassé la vitrine du salon hier soir.

A ball smashed the window pane in the living room last night.

Origin

Origin uncertain.

Where

SenegalTogo

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