Phrase guide

department store

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large store containing many different departments, each of which deals in the sale of different goods or services.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emporium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: afdelingswinkel — store containing many departments
  • Albanian: dyqan i madh — store containing many departments
  • Arabic: مَتْجَر شَامِل (matjar šāmil) — store containing many departments
  • Arabic: مَتْجَر تَنْوِيعِيّ (matjar tanwīʕiyy) — store containing many departments
  • Armenian: հանրախանութ (hanraxanutʻ) — store containing many departments
  • Armenian: համավաճառանոց (hamavačaṙanocʻ) — store containing many departments
  • Armenian: ունիվերմագ (univermag) — store containing many departments
  • Azerbaijani: univermaq — store containing many departments
  • Basque: saltegi handi — store containing many departments
  • Belarusian: універма́г (univjermáh) — store containing many departments
  • Bengali: বিপণীবীথি (bipnibithi) — store containing many departments
  • Bengali: ডিপার্টমেন্ট স্টোর (ḍiparṭomenṭo sṭōr) — store containing many departments
  • Bulgarian: универса́лен магази́н (universálen magazín) — store containing many departments
  • Burmese: ကုန်တိုက် (kuntuik) — store containing many departments
  • Catalan: grans magatzems — store containing many departments
  • Chinese Cantonese: 百貨公司 /百货公司 (baak3 fo3 gung1 si1) — store containing many departments
  • Chinese Cantonese: 百貨商店 /百货商店 (baak3 fo3 soeng1 dim3) — store containing many departments
  • Chinese Cantonese: 百貨店 /百货店 (baak3 fo3 dim3) — store containing many departments
  • Hakka Chinese: 百貨公司 /百货公司 (pak-fo kûng-sṳ̂) — store containing many departments
  • Chinese: 百貨公司 /百货公司 (pah-hòe kong-si) — store containing many departments
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百貨公司 /百货公司 (bǎihuò gōngsī) — store containing many departments
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百貨商店 /百货商店 (bǎihuò shāngdiàn) — store containing many departments
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百貨店 /百货店 (bǎihuòdiàn) — store containing many departments
  • Wu Chinese: 百貨公司 /百货公司 (7paq-hu-kon-sy) — store containing many departments
  • Czech: obchodní dům — store containing many departments
  • Danish: stormagasin — store containing many departments
  • Danish: varehus — store containing many departments
  • Dutch: warenhuis — store containing many departments
  • Esperanto: magazeno — store containing many departments
  • Estonian: kaubamaja — store containing many departments
  • Finnish: tavaratalo — store containing many departments
  • French: grand magasin — store containing many departments
  • Galician: grandes almacéns — store containing many departments
  • Georgian: უნივერმაღი (univermaɣi) — store containing many departments
  • German: Kaufhaus — store containing many departments
  • German: Warenhaus — store containing many departments
  • Greek: πολυκατάστημα (polykatástima) — store containing many departments
  • Hebrew: קַנְיוֹן (kanyón) — store containing many departments
  • Hebrew: כֹּלְבּוֹ (kholbó) — store containing many departments
  • Hindi: डिपार्टमेंट स्टोर (ḍipārṭameṇṭ sṭor) — store containing many departments
  • Hindi: विभागीय स्टोर (vibhāgīya sṭor) — store containing many departments
  • Hungarian: áruház — store containing many departments
  • Icelandic: vöruhús — store containing many departments
  • Indonesian: toko serba ada — store containing many departments
  • Irish: siopa ilrannach — store containing many departments
  • Irish: siopa mór — store containing many departments
  • Italian: grande magazzino — store containing many departments
  • Italian: emporio — store containing many departments
  • Japanese: デパート (depāto) — store containing many departments
  • Japanese: 百貨店 (hyakkaten) — store containing many departments
  • Japanese: デパートメントストア (depātomento sutoa) — store containing many departments
  • Kazakh: универмаг (univermag) — store containing many departments
  • Khmer: វិក្កយសាលា (vikkaʼyĕəʼsaalaa) — store containing many departments
  • Korean: 백화점 (baekhwajeom) — store containing many departments
  • Korean: 디파트먼트 스토어 (dipateumeonteu seuto'eo) — store containing many departments
  • Kyrgyz: универмаг (univermag) — store containing many departments
  • Lao: ຮ້ານສັບພະສິນຄ້າ (hān sap pha sin khā) — store containing many departments
  • Latvian: universālveikals — store containing many departments
  • Latvian: preču nams — store containing many departments
  • Lithuanian: universalinė parduotuvė — store containing many departments
  • Macedonian: сто́ковна ку́ќа (stókovna kúḱa) — store containing many departments
  • Macedonian: ба́зар (bázar) — store containing many departments
  • Malay: gedung serbaneka — store containing many departments
  • Mongolian: их дэлгүүр (ix delgüür) — store containing many departments
  • Mongolian: ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (yeke delgegür) — store containing many departments
  • Norman: grande boutique — store containing many departments
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varehus — store containing many departments
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varemagasin — store containing many departments
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varehus — store containing many departments
  • Ojibwe: niibiwa-bakise adaawewigamig — store containing many departments
  • Iranian Persian: فُروشْگاهِ بُزُرْگ (forušgâh-e bozorg) — store containing many departments
  • Polish: dom towarowy — store containing many departments
  • Polish: dom handlowy — store containing many departments
  • Portuguese: loja de departamento — store containing many departments
  • Portuguese: magazine — store containing many departments
  • Portuguese: grandes armazéns — store containing many departments
  • Romanian: magazin universal — store containing many departments
  • Russian: универма́г (univermág) — store containing many departments
  • Russian: универса́льный магази́н (universálʹnyj magazín) — store containing many departments
  • Serbo-Croatian: робна кућа — store containing many departments
  • Serbo-Croatian: robna kuća — store containing many departments
  • Slovak: obchodný dom — store containing many departments
  • Slovene: veleblagovnica — store containing many departments
  • Lower Sorbian: kupnica — store containing many departments
  • Upper Sorbian: kupnica — store containing many departments
  • Spanish: grandes almacenes — store containing many departments
  • Spanish: gran almacén — store containing many departments
  • Spanish: tienda por departamentos — store containing many departments
  • Spanish: tienda departamental — store containing many departments
  • Spanish: multitienda — store containing many departments
  • Swedish: varuhus — store containing many departments
  • Tagalog: almasen — store containing many departments
  • Tajik: универмаг (univermag) — store containing many departments
  • Tajik: фурӯшгоҳи бузург (furüšgoh-i buzurg) — store containing many departments
  • Tajik: мағозаи бузург (maġoza-yi buzurg) — store containing many departments
  • Thai: ห้างสรรพสินค้า (hâang-sàp-pá-sǐn-káa) — store containing many departments
  • Tibetan: སྣ་ཚོགས་ཚོང་ཁང (sna tshogs tshong khang) — store containing many departments
  • Turkish: büyük mağaza — store containing many departments
  • Turkish: grosmarket — store containing many departments
  • Turkish: bölümlü mağaza — store containing many departments
  • Turkmen: uniwermag — store containing many departments
  • Ukrainian: універма́г (univermáh) — store containing many departments
  • Urdu: ڈِپارْٹْمِنْٹ اِسْٹور (ḍipārṭminṭ isṭor) — store containing many departments
  • Urdu: ڈِپارْٹْمِنْٹ سْٹور (ḍipārṭminṭ sṭor) — store containing many departments
  • Uyghur: تۈرلۈك ماللار دۇكىنى (türlük mallar dukini) — store containing many departments
  • Uyghur: ئۇنىۋېرسال دۇكان (uniwërsal dukan) — store containing many departments
  • Uzbek: univermag — store containing many departments
  • Vietnamese: cửa hàng bách hoá — store containing many departments
  • Vietnamese: hiệu bách hoá — store containing many departments
  • Yiddish: אוניווערסאַל־קראָם (universal-krom) — store containing many departments