Meanings
plural hypermarkets
- A shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.
I got a taste for hypermarché vin ordinaire when I was 19 years old and I have never been able to shake it.
2023, 42:37 from the start, in Succession, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Nan Pierce (Cherry Jones)1 more example
Mince and Victorian spongecake, bought in hypermarkets[,] aren’t uncommon in Cedar Rapids, but that food, known to Americans as hamburger and brownies, is bought in supermarkets.
1977 July 15, D’Anne Dodd, “Pen Pals Meet After 33 Years”, in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, city final edition, volume 95, number 187, Cedar Rapids, Ia., →OCLC, page 11, column 1Synonyms: supercenter, superstore, hypermart
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.
Origin
- Frenchhypermarché
- Englishhypermarket
From hyper- + market, calque of French hypermarché.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هايبرماركت, سوق مركزي ضخم
- هايبرماركت (hāybarmārkit)combination of department store and supermarket
- سوق مركزي ضخم (sūq markazī ḍakhm)combination of department store and supermarket
Bulgarian хиперма́ркет
- хиперма́ркет (hipermárket)combination of department store and supermarket
Chinese Mandarin 量販店 /量贩店
- 量販店 /量贩店 (liàngfàndiàn)combination of department store and supermarket
Czech hypermarket
- hypermarketcombination of department store and supermarket
Danish hypermarked
- hypermarkedcombination of department store and supermarket
Dutch hypermarkt
- hypermarktcombination of department store and supermarket
Esperanto superbazarego
- superbazaregocombination of department store and supermarket
Estonian hüpermarket
- hüpermarketcombination of department store and supermarket
Finnish hypermarketti
- hypermarketticombination of department store and supermarket
French hypermarché
- hypermarchécombination of department store and supermarket
German Hypermarkt
- Hypermarktcombination of department store and supermarket
Greek υπεραγορά
- υπεραγορά (yperagorá)combination of department store and supermarket
Hindi हाइपरमार्केट
- हाइपरमार्केट (hāiparmārkeṭ)combination of department store and supermarket
Hungarian hipermarket
- hipermarketcombination of department store and supermarket
Indonesian pasar raksasa
- pasar raksasacombination of department store and supermarket
Irish hipearmhargadh, ollsiopa
- hipearmhargadhcombination of department store and supermarket
- ollsiopacombination of department store and supermarket
Italian ipermercato
- ipermercatocombination of department store and supermarket
Japanese ハイパーマーケット, 量販店
- ハイパーマーケット (haipāmāketto)combination of department store and supermarket
- 量販店 (ryōhanten)combination of department store and supermarket
Korean 하이퍼마켓, 양판점
- 하이퍼마켓 (haipeomaket)combination of department store and supermarket
- 양판점 (yangpanjeom)combination of department store and supermarket
Polish hipermarket
- hipermarketcombination of department store and supermarket
Portuguese hipermercado
- hipermercadocombination of department store and supermarket
Romanian hipermarket
- hipermarketcombination of department store and supermarket
Russian гиперма́ркет
- гиперма́ркет (gipermárket)combination of department store and supermarket
Slovak hypermarket
- hypermarketcombination of department store and supermarket
Spanish hipermercado
- hipermercadocombination of department store and supermarket
Thai ไฮเปอร์มาร์เก็ต
- ไฮเปอร์มาร์เก็ตcombination of department store and supermarket
Turkish hipermarket
- hipermarketcombination of department store and supermarket
Ukrainian гіперма́ркет
- гіперма́ркет (hipermárket)combination of department store and supermarket
Cite this entry
hypermarket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypermarket
“hypermarket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypermarket. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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