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hypermarket

/ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌmɑːkɪt//ˈhaɪpəɹˌmɑɹkɪt/

hypermarket noun: a shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.

hypermarket: a shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket
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Noun

hypermarket (plural hypermarkets)

  1. A shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.
    • 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
    • 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)

hypermarket meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Persian

hypermarket in Tamil

உயர் சிறப்பங்காடி

hypermarket in Indonesian

combination of department store and supermarket
pasar raksasa

hypermarket in Persian

combination of department store and supermarket
هایپرمارکت hâypermârket

Synonyms of hypermarket

Forms of hypermarket

pluralhypermarkets

Origin of hypermarket

From hyper- + market, calque of French hypermarché.

Questions about hypermarket

What does hypermarket mean?
Hypermarket means a shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.
What is hypermarket in Tamil?
Hypermarket in Tamil is உயர் சிறப்பங்காடி. See Hypermarket meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypermarket?
Hypermarket is a noun.
How do you pronounce hypermarket?
Hypermarket is pronounced /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌmɑːkɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of hypermarket?
The plural of hypermarket is hypermarkets.

Words near hypermarket in the dictionary

  1. hypermannosylated
  2. hypermannosylation
  3. hypermap
  4. hypermaps
  5. hypermarginalized
  6. hypermarket
  7. hypermarketed
  8. hypermarkets
  9. hypermart
  10. hypermarts
  11. hypermasc

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hypermarket (page history and authors); hypermarket (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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