Meanings
nounflea market (plural flea markets)
plural flea markets · alternative fleamarket · alternative flea-market
- An outdoor temporary market selling inexpensive antiques, curios, etc.
Although things are sold cheaper at the flea market, it's always a good idea to check whether the item is stolen.
Synonyms: swap meet
- A permanent indoor market of stalls in a warehouse selling inexpensive antiques, outdated goods, curios, etc.
The Towne Hall is a big inflatable building in the middle of the Snooze ’n’ Crusie. It is Derelict Las Vegas: convenience store, video arcade, laundromat, bar, liquor store, flea market, whorehouse.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 276
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn outdoor temporary market selling inexpensive antiques, curios, etc.
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Origin
- Frenchmarché aux puces
- Englishflea market
Calque of French marché aux puces.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vlooimark
- vlooimarkan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Bulgarian би́тпаза́р
- би́тпаза́р (bítpazár)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Chinese Mandarin 跳蚤市場 /跳蚤市场
- 跳蚤市場 /跳蚤市场 (tiàozǎo shìchǎng)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Czech bleší trh
- bleší trhan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Danish loppemarked, kræmmermarked
- loppemarkedan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- kræmmermarkedan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Dutch vlooienmarkt, rommelmarkt
- vlooienmarktan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- rommelmarktan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Esperanto pulbazaro
- pulbazaroan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Estonian kirbuturg, kirbukas
- kirbuturgan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- kirbukasan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Finnish kirpputori, kirppis
- kirpputorian outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- kirppisan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- kirpparian outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
French marché aux puces, brocante
- marché aux pucesan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- brocantean outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
German Flohmarkt, Trödelmarkt
- Flohmarktan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- Trödelmarktan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Greek λαϊκή αγορά, λαϊκή
- λαϊκή αγορά (laïkí agorá)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- λαϊκή (laïkí)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Hindi चोर बाज़ार
- चोर बाज़ार (cor bāzār)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Hungarian bolhapiac, ócskapiac
- bolhapiacan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- ócskapiacan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- zsibvásáran outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Icelandic flóamarkaður
- flóamarkaðuran outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Indonesian pasar loak
- pasar loakan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Irish margadh na míol
- margadh na míolan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Italian mercato delle pulci
- mercato delle pulcian outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Japanese 蚤の市, フリーマーケット
- 蚤の市 (nomi-no ichi)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- フリーマーケット (furīmāketto)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- 古物市 (furumono ichi)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Korean 벼룩시장, 도깨비시장
- 벼룩시장 (byeoruksijang)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- 도깨비시장 (dokkaebisijang)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- 알뜰시장 (altteulsijang)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Latvian krāmu tirgus, krāmtirgus
- krāmu tirgusan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- krāmtirgusan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- blusu tirgusan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Lithuanian blusų turgus
- blusų turgusan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Malay pasar lambak
- pasar lambakan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Norwegian Bokmål loppemarked
- loppemarkedan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Persian بنجل بازار
- بنجل بازار (bonjol-bâzâr)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Polish pchli targ
- pchli targan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Portuguese feira da ladra, mercado das pulgas
- feira da ladraan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- mercado das pulgasan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Romanian talcioc
- talciocan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Russian барахо́лка, толку́чка
- барахо́лка (baraxólka)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- толку́чка (tolkúčka)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- толчо́к (tolčók)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- блоши́ный ры́нок (blošínyj rýnok)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Spanish rastro, rastrillo
- rastroan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- rastrilloan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- mercadilloan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- tianguisan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- mercado de pulgasan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Swedish loppis, loppmarknad
- loppisan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- loppmarknadan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- lopptorgan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Tagalog tiangge
- tianggean outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Thai ตลาดนัด
- ตลาดนัด (dtà-làat-nát)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Turkish bitpazarı
- bitpazarıan outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Ukrainian блоши́ний ри́нок, блоши́ний база́р
- блоши́ний ри́нок (blošýnyj rýnok)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
- блоши́ний база́р (blošýnyj bazár)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Urdu لنڈا بازار
- لنڈا بازار (lundā bazār)an outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
Vietnamese chợ trời
- chợ trờian outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios
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