Phrase guide

flea market

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An outdoor temporary market selling inexpensive antiques, curios, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Although things are sold cheaper at the flea market, it's always a good idea to check whether the item is stolen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A permanent indoor market of stalls in a warehouse selling inexpensive antiques, outdated goods, curios, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: open-air market, open-air marketplace, market square

History

Etymology

Calque of French marché aux puces.

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vlooimark — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Azerbaijani: cındır bazarı — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Azerbaijani: bit bazarı — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Bulgarian: би́тпаза́р (bítpazár) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跳蚤市場 /跳蚤市场 (tiàozǎo shìchǎng) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Czech: bleší trh — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Danish: loppemarked — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Danish: kræmmermarked — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Dutch: vlooienmarkt — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Dutch: rommelmarkt — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Dzongkha: སྤྱོད་འཕྲོ་བཙོང་ས (spyod 'phro btsong sa) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Esperanto: pulbazaro — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Estonian: kirbuturg — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Estonian: kirbukas — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Finnish: kirpputori — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Finnish: kirppis — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Finnish: kirppari — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • French: marché aux puces — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • French: brocante — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Georgian: ფლი-მარკეტი (pli-marḳeṭi) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • German: Flohmarkt — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • German: Trödelmarkt — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Greek: λαϊκή αγορά (laïkí agorá) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Greek: λαϊκή (laïkí) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Hindi: चोर बाज़ार (cor bāzār) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Hungarian: bolhapiac — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Hungarian: ócskapiac — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Hungarian: zsibvásár — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Icelandic: flóamarkaður — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Indonesian: pasar loak — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Irish: margadh na míol — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Italian: mercato delle pulci — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Japanese: 蚤の市 (nomi-no ichi) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Japanese: フリーマーケット (furīmāketto) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Japanese: 古物市 (furumono ichi) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Korean: 벼룩시장 (byeoruksijang) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Korean: 도깨비시장 (dokkaebisijang) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Korean: 알뜰시장 (altteulsijang) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Latvian: krāmu tirgus — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Latvian: krāmtirgus — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Latvian: blusu tirgus — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Lithuanian: blusų turgus — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Luxembourgish: Floumaart — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Macedonian: бит-пазар (bit-pazar) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Malay: pasar lambak — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Navajo: hazhdiilwoʼí — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Navajo: hazhdiilwoʼii — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Norwegian Bokmål: loppemarked — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: loppemarknad — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Persian: بنجل بازار (bonjol-bâzâr) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Polish: pchli targ — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Portuguese: feira da ladra — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Portuguese: mercado das pulgas — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Romanian: talcioc — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Russian: барахо́лка (baraxólka) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Russian: толку́чка (tolkúčka) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Russian: толчо́к (tolčók) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Russian: блоши́ный ры́нок (blošínyj rýnok) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Northern Sami: lahpesgávpi — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Serbo-Croatian: бу̀вља̄к — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Serbo-Croatian: bùvljāk — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Slovene: bolšjak — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Spanish: rastro — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Spanish: rastrillo — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Spanish: mercadillo — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Spanish: tianguis — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Spanish: mercado de pulgas — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Swedish: loppis — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Swedish: loppmarknad — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Swedish: lopptorg — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Tagalog: tiangge — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Thai: ตลาดนัด (dtà-làat-nát) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Turkish: bitpazarı — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Ukrainian: блоши́ний ри́нок (blošýnyj rýnok) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Ukrainian: блоши́ний база́р (blošýnyj bazár) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Urdu: لنڈا بازار (lundā bazār) — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
  • Vietnamese: chợ trời — an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios