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English
Cardboard displays in a supermarket (sense 3)
Etymology
From Middle English displayen Anglo-Norman despleier Old French despleier desploiier Medieval Latin displicare ( “ to unfold, display ” ) , from Latin dis- ( “ apart ” ) + plicāre ( “ to fold ” ) . Doublet of deploy
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /dɪsˈpleɪ/
Hyphenation: dis‧play
Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
display (countable and uncountable plural displays
A show or spectacle .
The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display .
2008 May 9, Ian Bartholomew, “Get a bang out of Penghu”, in Taipei Times [1] →ISSN →OCLC the original on 22 June 2008 , Features, page 15 :The festival has been popular with locals since it began in 2003. This year, in addition to the skies over the Siying Archway Bridge (西瀛虹橋 ) near the main town of Makung (馬公市 ), there will be fireworks displays over the Penghu Sea-Crossing Bridge (跨海大橋 ) in Paisha Township (白沙鄉 ) and the Kuanri Recreational Area (觀日遊憩區 ) in Huhsi Township (湖西鄉 ).
A piece of work to be presented visually.
Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice.
A device , furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.
Synonym: cardboard display
( computing ) screen that shows graphics or text .( computing ) visual or tactile reception.
Descendants
Translations
Arabic: إِظْهَار m ( ʔiẓhār ) , عَرْض (ar) m ( ʕarḍ )
Bulgarian: излагане (bg) n ( izlagane ) , показ (bg) m ( pokaz )
Catalan: espectacle (ca) m
Czech: přehlídka (cs) f představení (cs) n show (cs) f
Dutch: spektakel (nl) n
Finnish: esitys (fi) , näytelmä (fi) , näytös (fi) , näky (fi)
French: représentation (fr) f spectacle (fr) m
German: Vorführung (de) f Vorstellung (de) f
Greek: παράσταση (el) ( parástasi )
Ancient Greek: ἐπίδειξις f ( epídeixis )
Hungarian: bemutató (hu) , mutatvány (hu) , előadás (hu)
Irish: taispeántas m
Italian: rappresentazione (it) f saggio (it) m
Latin: ostentus m
Māori: whakakitenga
Portuguese: exposição (pt) f mostra (pt) f
Romanian: spectacol (ro) f expoziție (ro) f reprezentație (ro) f
Russian: пока́з (ru) m ( pokáz ) , шо́у (ru) n ( šóu ) , представле́ние (ru) n ( predstavlénije ) , зре́лище (ru) n ( zrélišče ) , демонстра́ция (ru) f ( demonstrácija )
Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
Spanish: demuestra (es) f
Swedish: uppvisning (sv) c
Turkish: dürbün (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: نمایش ( nümayiş )
Ukrainian: по́каз m ( pókaz )
Vietnamese: biểu hiện (vi)
electronic screen
— see also monitor
Arabic: شَاشَة f ( šāša )
Armenian: ցուցասարք (hy) ( cʻucʻasarkʻ ) , դիսփլեյ (hy) ( dispʻley ) , էկրան (hy) ( ēkran ) , մոնիտոր (hy) ( monitor )
Belarusian: дыспле́й m ( dyspljéj ) , дысплэ́й m ( dyspléj )
Bulgarian: монитор m ( monitor )
Catalan: monitor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 顯示器 / 显示器 (zh) ( xiǎnshìqì )
Czech: displej (cs) m
Dutch: display (nl) n beeldscherm (nl) n
Esperanto: vidigilo ekrano
Estonian: kuvar (et)
Finnish: näyttö (fi) , monitori (fi)
French: moniteur (fr) m écran (fr) m
German: Display (de) n Monitor (de) m Bildschirm (de) , Anzeige (de) f
Greek: οθόνη (el) f ( othóni )
Hebrew: צג (he) m ( tsag ) , מסך (he) m ( masákh )
Hungarian: kijelző (hu) , képernyő (hu) , megjelenítő (hu)
Indonesian: layar (id)
Italian: schermo (it) m video (it) m
Japanese: ディスプレイ (ja) ( disupurei )
Kazakh: дисплей ( dıyspley )
Korean: 디스플레이 ( diseupeullei )
Kyrgyz: дисплей (ky) ( displey )
Malay: paparan
Malayalam: ഡിസ്പ്ലേ ( ḍisplē )
Polish: wyświetlacz (pl) m
Portuguese: display (pt) m ecrã (pt) m ( Portugal ) , tela (pt) f ( Brazil )
Romanian: display (ro) n ecran (ro) n monitor (ro) n
Russian: диспле́й (ru) m ( displéj ) , диспле́й (ru) m ( displɛ́j ) , монито́р (ru) m ( monitór ) , экра́н (ru) m ( ekrán )
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: zaslon (sh) m
Slovak: displej (sk) m
Swedish: bildskärm (sv) c monitor (sv) c display (sv) , skärm (sv) c
Thai: จอภาพ ( jɔɔ-pâap )
Turkish: ekran (tr)
Ukrainian: диспле́й m ( dyspléj )
Uzbek: displey (uz)
a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
— see also gondola
See also
Verb
display (third-person singular simple present displays present participle displaying simple past and past participle displayed
( transitive ) show conspicuously ; to exhibit ; to demonstrate ; to manifest .
Troponyms: brandish flaunt show off 1918 W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell , chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company , →OCLC All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.
( intransitive ) c. 1603–1606 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of King Lear ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act II, scene iv] , page 293 :Being the very fellow which of late / Diſplaid ſo ſawcily againſt your Highneſſe [ …]
( military ) deploy .
1610 William Camden , translated by Philémon Holland , Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, [ … ] , London: [ … ] [ Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC The Englishmen [ …] display their ranks and [ …] press hard upon their enemies.
( printing , dated ) conspicuous by using large or prominent type .( obsolete ) discover ; to descry .
[ 1611 ?] Homer , “(please specify |book=I to XXIV) ”, in Geo[rge] Chapman , transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. [ … ] [ … ] Nathaniell Butter , →OCLC The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, [ … ] , new edition, volume (please specify the book number) , London: Charles Knight and Co. , [ … ] 1843 , →OCLC And from his seat took pleasure to display / The city so adorned with towers. The spelling has been modernized. ( obsolete ) spread out , to unfurl .
Synonym: splay 1590 Edmund Spenser , “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. [ … ] [ … ] [John Wolfe ] for William Ponsonbie , →OCLC The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thristy heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes display , / Whiles creeping slomber made him to forget / His former paine [...].
Translations
Armenian: ցույց տալ (hy) ( cʻuycʻ tal )
Azerbaijani: nümayiş etdirmək
Belarusian: пака́зваць impf ( pakázvacʹ ) , паказа́ць (be) pf ( pakazácʹ )
Bulgarian: показвам (bg) ( pokazvam )
Catalan: exhibir (ca)
Czech: vystavit (cs) pf vyvěsit (cs) pf vyložit (cs) pf ukázat (cs) pf předvést (cs) pf zobrazit pf
Dutch: tonen (nl)
Esperanto: elmontri
Finnish: esittää (fi) , näyttää (fi)
French: afficher (fr) , étaler (fr) , montrer (fr) , présenter (fr)
Galician: amosar (gl)
German: zeigen (de) , darstellen (de) , präsentieren (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 ( gateihan ) , 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( fauramēljan )
Greek: παρουσιάζω (el) ( parousiázo ) , προβάλλω (el) ( provállo )
Ancient Greek: ἐπιδείκνυμι ( epideíknumi )
Hungarian: megmutat (hu) , kimutat (hu) , elárul (hu)
Indonesian: menampilkan (id) , menayangkan (id)
Italian: mostrare (it) , presentare (it) , esibire (it) , visualizzare (it)
Kazakh: көрсету ( körsetüw ) , паш ету ( paš etüw )
Latin: exhibeō (la) , praestō
Lithuanian: rodyti (lt)
Malay: mempertontonkan mempertunjukkan mempamerkan
Malayalam: പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കുക (ml) ( pradaṟśippikkuka )
Māori: tiori whakamātakitaki whakakite tītohu
Middle English: displayen
Polish: wyświetlać (pl)
Portuguese: exibir (pt) , mostrar (pt) , apresentar (pt)
Russian: отобража́ть (ru) impf ( otobražátʹ ) , отобрази́ть (ru) pf ( otobrazítʹ ) , пока́зывать (ru) impf ( pokázyvatʹ ) , показа́ть (ru) pf ( pokazátʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: prikazivati (sh) impf
Slovak: zobraziť
Spanish: mostrar (es) , exponer (es) , exteriorizar (es)
Swahili: onyesha (sw)
Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎙𐎊 ( bġy )
Ukrainian: пока́зувати (uk) impf ( pokázuvaty ) , показа́ти pf ( pokazáty ) , відобража́ти impf ( vidobražáty ) , відобрази́ти pf ( vidobrazýty )
Vietnamese: trưng bày (vi)
Translations to be checked
Derived terms
titles derived from display (noun and verb)
Further reading
“display ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC William Dwight Whitney , Benjamin Eli Smith , editors (1895–1910 ), “display ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , →OCLC “display ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English display
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /dɪsˈpleː/ , /ˈdɪs.pleː/ Hyphenation: dis‧play
Rhymes: -eː
Noun
display m or n plural displays diminutive displaytje n
display ( screen )
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English display
Pronunciation
Noun
display m plural displays
display ( electronic screen )
Synonyms: ecrã tela 2012 Fundamentos da Administração Estratégica - 2ed , AMGH Editora, →ISBN page 242 :O iRiver Spinn era um player de vídeo e áudio com estilo, do tamanho de um cartão de crédito, que tinha um display (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English display
Noun
display n plural display-uri
display
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English display
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /disˈplei/ [d̪isˈplei̯] Rhymes: -ei
Noun
display m plural displays
display
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
