Dictionary

hypermarket en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhaɪpəɹˌmɑɹkɪt/ (General-American)
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• /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌmɑːkɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From hyper- + market, calque of French hypermarché.

Meanings

1. A shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.
   • I got a taste for hypermarché vin ordinaire when I was 19 years old and I have never been able to shake it. 2023, 42:37 from the start, in Succession, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Nan Pierce (Cherry Jones):
   • Mince and Victorian spongecake, bought in hypermarkets[,] aren’t uncommon in Cedar Rapids, but that food, known to Americans as hamburger and brownies, is bought in supermarkets. 1977 July 15, D’Anne Dodd, “Pen Pals Meet After 33 Years”, in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, city final edition, volume 95, number 187, Cedar Rapids, Ia., →OCLC, page 11, column 1:

Forms

Relateds

Big box

Synonyms

supercenter · hypermart · superstore

Translations (23)

ja 量販店 (combination of department store and supermarket) · hu hipermarket (combination of department store and supermarket) · ka ჰიპერმარკეტი (combination of department store and supermarket) · de Hypermarkt (combination of department store and supermarket) · pl hipermarket (combination of department store and supermarket) · ga ollsiopa (combination of department store and supermarket) · nl hypermarkt (combination of department store and supermarket) · pt hipermercado (combination of department store and supermarket) · ru гиперма́ркет (combination of department store and supermarket) · fi hypermarketti (combination of department store and supermarket) · id pasar raksasa (combination of department store and supermarket) · ro hipermarket (combination of department store and supermarket) · el υπεραγορά (combination of department store and supermarket) · da hypermarked (combination of department store and supermarket) · uk гіперма́ркет (combination of department store and supermarket) · fr hypermarché (combination of department store and supermarket) · cmn 量販店 /量贩店 (combination of department store and supermarket) · eo superbazarego (combination of department store and supermarket) · fa هایپرمارکت (combination of department store and supermarket) · hy հիպերմարկետ (combination of department store and supermarket) · mk хиперма́ркет (combination of department store and supermarket) · ga hipearmhargadh (combination of department store and supermarket) · ja ハイパーマーケット (combination of department store and supermarket)