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entrepôt
- /ˌɒntɹəˈpəʊ/ UK
- /ˈɒntɹəpəʊ/ UK
- /ˈɒ̃-/ UK
- /ˌɑntɹəˈpoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
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*h₁én
Borrowed from French entrepôt, entrepost (“temporary storage of goods; place for temporary storage and distribution of goods”) (archaic), from entreposer (“to store goods in a warehouse”), with the ending influenced by dépôt (“store, warehouse, depot”).
noun entrepôts · entrepot
- A city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export, especially one where such merchandise is exempt from some customs duties; hence, a commercial centre. South of Taichung is the old port town of Lu-kang. Here again we come face to face with Taiwan's past, sometimes in dramatic fashion. Founded in the seventeenth century, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Lu-kang was an important port city with strong ties to Ch'uan-chou—the eighteenth-c
- The temporary storage of merchandise, especially for subsequent distribution or export.
- A depot or warehouse for temporarily storing merchandise.
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noun city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export
| 中文 | 轉口港 /转口港 zhuǎnkǒugǎng |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Packhaus, Zolllager |
| Русский | пакга́уз pakgáuz, перева́лочный пу́нкт pereváločnyj púnkt |
| العربية | ميناء إعادة التصدير |
Talk about this word "entrepôt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/entrep%C3%B4t. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. entrepôt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/entrep%C3%B4t "entrepôt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/entrep%C3%B4t.Cite this
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title = {entrepôt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/entrep%C3%B4t},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
