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supermarket

  • /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/ US
  • /ˌsuːpəˈmɑːkɪt/ UK

Where it comes from

American English, super- + market, 1933.

noun supermarkets

  1. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing. I went to the supermarket to buy some food.
  2. A chain of such stores.
  3. figuratively A one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services. If you know what you want by filtering down the 1,600 or so trusts to a short list and then studying the information on each via online sources, then you can buy your trust and get all or nearly all of the commission back into your bank account via an Internet investment supermarket. Here, you selec

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: grocery, hypermarket, mall, store, shop, shopping, self-service, market, distribution, ultra, drugstore, chiu, grocery store, food market, grocer, superstore

Translations

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noun store

Españolsupermercado
한국어슈퍼마켓 syupeomaket, 슈퍼 syupeo
日本語スーパーマーケット sūpāmāketto, スーパー sūpā
中文超級市場 /超级市场 chāojí shìchǎng, 超市 chāoshì
हिन्दीसुपरमार्केट suparmārkeṭ
Kiswahilisupamaketi
Portuguêssupermercado
Françaissupermarché
DeutschSupermarkt
Italianosupermercato
Ελληνικάσουπερμάρκετ soupermárket
Românăsupermagazin, magazin universal
Русскийсуперма́ркет supermárket, универса́м universám, универма́г univermág, магази́н magazín
Tiếng Việtsiêu thị
العربيةسُوبَرْمَارْكِت subarmārkit, سُوبَر مَارْكِت subar mārkit
עבריתסוּפֶּרמַרקֶט supermárket, מַרכּוֹל markól

noun chain of stores

中文連鎖超市 /连锁超市 liánsuǒ chāoshì
Françaissupermarché
Русскийсуперма́ркет supermárket

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@misc{supermarket_2026,
  title = {supermarket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supermarket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}