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hypermarket

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌmɑːkɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈhaɪpəɹˌmɑɹkɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 P ER0 M AA2 R K IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce (2023), 42:37 from the start, in Succession, season 2, episode 8: “I got a taste for hypermarché vin ordinaire when I was 19 years old and I have never been able to shake it.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supercenter, superstore, hypermart

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supermarket

History

Etymology

From hyper- + market, calque of French hypermarché.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հիպերմարկետ (hipermarket) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 量販店 /量贩店 (liàngfàndiàn) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Danish: hypermarked — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Dutch: hypermarkt — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Esperanto: superbazarego — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Finnish: hypermarketti — combination of department store and supermarket
  • French: hypermarché — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Georgian: ჰიპერმარკეტი (hiṗermarḳeṭi) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • German: Hypermarkt — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Greek: υπεραγορά (yperagorá) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Hungarian: hipermarket — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Indonesian: pasar raksasa — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Irish: hipearmhargadh — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Irish: ollsiopa — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Japanese: ハイパーマーケット (haipāmāketto) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Japanese: 量販店 (ryōhanten) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Macedonian: хиперма́ркет (hipermárket) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Persian: هایپرمارکت (hâypermârket) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Polish: hipermarket — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Portuguese: hipermercado — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Romanian: hipermarket — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Russian: гиперма́ркет (gipermárket) — combination of department store and supermarket
  • Ukrainian: гіперма́ркет (hipermárket) — combination of department store and supermarket