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French
Etymology
From devant + -ure.
Pronunciation
Noun
devanture f (plural devantures)
- frontage (shop front)
- (by extension) shop window (or the display in it)
- Synonym: vitrine
1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis:Le pardessus ouvert, je me regardais à toutes les devantures, sans en avoir l’air. J’ai remarqué que je suis beaucoup mieux dans les vitrines que dans les vraies glaces.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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