Hypermarket
//ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌmɑːkɪt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.
"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.”"
- 2 a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town) wordnet
Example
More examples"The Hypermarket off Garland and 635 closed down years ago."
Etymology
From hyper- + market, calque of French hypermarché.
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