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Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
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Translations
Afrikaans afdelingswinkel
- afdelingswinkelstore containing many departments
Arabic مَتْجَر شَامِل, مَتْجَر تَنْوِيعِيّ
- مَتْجَر شَامِل (matjar šāmil)store containing many departments
- مَتْجَر تَنْوِيعِيّ (matjar tanwīʕiyy)store containing many departments
Basque saltegi handi
- saltegi handistore containing many departments
Bengali বিপণীবীথি, ডিপার্টমেন্ট স্টোর
- বিপণীবীথি (bipnibithi)store containing many departments
- ডিপার্টমেন্ট স্টোর (ḍiparṭomenṭo sṭōr)store containing many departments
Bulgarian универса́лен магази́н
- универса́лен магази́н (universálen magazín)store containing many departments
Catalan grans magatzems
- grans magatzemsstore containing many departments
Chinese Cantonese 百貨公司 /百货公司, 百貨商店 /百货商店
- 百貨公司 /百货公司 (baak³ fo³ gung¹ si¹)store containing many departments
- 百貨商店 /百货商店 (baak³ fo³ soeng¹ dim³)store containing many departments
- 百貨店 /百货店 (baak³ fo³ dim³)store containing many departments
Chinese Mandarin 百貨公司 /百货公司, 百貨商店 /百货商店
- 百貨公司 /百货公司 (bǎihuò gōngsī)store containing many departments
- 百貨商店 /百货商店 (bǎihuò shāngdiàn)store containing many departments
- 百貨店 /百货店 (bǎihuòdiàn)store containing many departments
Czech obchodní dům
- obchodní důmstore containing many departments
Danish stormagasin, varehus
- stormagasinstore containing many departments
- varehusstore containing many departments
Dutch warenhuis
- warenhuisstore containing many departments
Esperanto magazeno
- magazenostore containing many departments
Estonian kaubamaja
- kaubamajastore containing many departments
Finnish tavaratalo
- tavaratalostore containing many departments
French grand magasin
- grand magasinstore containing many departments
German Kaufhaus, Warenhaus
- Kaufhausstore containing many departments
- Warenhausstore containing many departments
Greek πολυκατάστημα
- πολυκατάστημα (polykatástima)store containing many departments
Hebrew קַנְיוֹן, כֹּלְבּוֹ
- קַנְיוֹן (kanyón)store containing many departments
- כֹּלְבּוֹ (kholbó)store containing many departments
Hindi डिपार्टमेंट स्टोर, विभागीय स्टोर
- डिपार्टमेंट स्टोर (ḍipārṭameṇṭ sṭor)store containing many departments
- विभागीय स्टोर (vibhāgīya sṭor)store containing many departments
Hungarian áruház
- áruházstore containing many departments
Icelandic vöruhús
- vöruhússtore containing many departments
Indonesian toko serba ada
- toko serba adastore containing many departments
Irish siopa ilrannach, siopa mór
- siopa ilrannachstore containing many departments
- siopa mórstore containing many departments
Italian grande magazzino, emporio
- grande magazzinostore containing many departments
- emporiostore containing many departments
Japanese デパート, 百貨店
- デパート (depāto)store containing many departments
- 百貨店 (hyakkaten)store containing many departments
- デパートメントストア (depātomento sutoa)store containing many departments
Korean 백화점, 디파트먼트 스토어
- 백화점 (baekhwajeom)store containing many departments
- 디파트먼트 스토어 (dipateumeonteu seuto'eo)store containing many departments
Latvian universālveikals, preču nams
- universālveikalsstore containing many departments
- preču namsstore containing many departments
Lithuanian universalinė parduotuvė
- universalinė parduotuvėstore containing many departments
Malay gedung serbaneka
- gedung serbanekastore containing many departments
Norwegian Bokmål varehus, varemagasin
- varehusstore containing many departments
- varemagasinstore containing many departments
Polish dom towarowy, dom handlowy
- dom towarowystore containing many departments
- dom handlowystore containing many departments
Portuguese loja de departamento, magazine
- loja de departamentostore containing many departments
- magazinestore containing many departments
- grandes armazénsstore containing many departments
Romanian magazin universal
- magazin universalstore containing many departments
Russian универма́г, универса́льный магази́н
- универма́г (univermág)store containing many departments
- универса́льный магази́н (universálʹnyj magazín)store containing many departments
Slovak obchodný dom
- obchodný domstore containing many departments
Spanish grandes almacenes, gran almacén
- grandes almacenesstore containing many departments
- gran almacénstore containing many departments
- tienda por departamentosstore containing many departments
- tienda departamentalstore containing many departments
- multitiendastore containing many departments
Swedish varuhus
- varuhusstore containing many departments
Tagalog almasen
- almasenstore containing many departments
Thai ห้างสรรพสินค้า
- ห้างสรรพสินค้า (hâang-sàp-pá-sǐn-káa)store containing many departments
Turkish büyük mağaza, grosmarket
- büyük mağazastore containing many departments
- grosmarketstore containing many departments
- bölümlü mağazastore containing many departments
Ukrainian універма́г
- універма́г (univermáh)store containing many departments
Urdu ڈِپارْٹْمِنْٹ اِسْٹور, ڈِپارْٹْمِنْٹ سْٹور
- ڈِپارْٹْمِنْٹ اِسْٹور (ḍipārṭminṭ isṭor)store containing many departments
- ڈِپارْٹْمِنْٹ سْٹور (ḍipārṭminṭ sṭor)store containing many departments
Vietnamese cửa hàng bách hoá, hiệu bách hoá
- cửa hàng bách hoástore containing many departments
- hiệu bách hoástore containing many departments
Yiddish אוניווערסאַל־קראָם
- אוניווערסאַל־קראָם (universal-krom)store containing many departments
Cite this entry
APA
department store. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/department%20store
MLA
“department store.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/department%20store. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “department store,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/department%20store.
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