supermarket

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US/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/UK/ˌsuːpəˈmɑːkɪt/

noun

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.”

CommonScrabble 19

Meanings

nounsupermarket (plural supermarkets)

plural 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.

    1 more example

    Cans of Coca-Cola Original Taste, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke, and Sprite Zero sent to cafes and restaurants are being withdrawn as well as 6x250ml Appletiser multipacks sent to UK supermarkets.

    2025 January 29, Lucy Hooker, “Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chemical levels”, in BBC News
  2. A chain of such stores.
  3. figurativelyA one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services.

    Almina grew up in the age of the internet and the infinite supermarket of pornography it provides.

    2024 February 20, Fiona Vera-Gray, quoting Almina, “‘Everything is hairless’: what 100 women taught me about porn and body confidence”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    1 more example

    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 select your fund, decide whether you want it as an Individual Savings Account (ISA), and pay for it with a credit card.

    2011, Faith Glasgow, Personal Finance and Investing All-in-One For Dummies

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Translations

Afrikaans supermark
  • supermarkstore
Arabic سُوبَرْمَارْكِت, سُوبَر مَارْكِت
  • سُوبَرْمَارْكِت (subarmārkit)store
  • سُوبَر مَارْكِت (subar mārkit)store
Basque supermerkatu
  • supermerkatustore
Bengali সুপারমার্কেট
  • সুপারমার্কেট (suparmarkeṭ)store
Bulgarian суперма́ркет
  • суперма́ркет (supermárket)store
Catalan supermercat
  • supermercatstore
Chinese Cantonese 超級市場 /超级市场, 超市
  • 超級市場 /超级市场 (ciu¹ kap¹ si⁵ coeng⁴)store
  • 超市 (ciu¹ si⁵)store
Chinese Mandarin 超級市場 /超级市场, 超市
  • 超級市場 /超级市场 (chāojí shìchǎng)store
  • 超市 (chāoshì)store
  • 連鎖超市 /连锁超市 (liánsuǒ chāoshì)chain of stores
Czech supermarket, obchodní řetězec
  • supermarketstore
  • obchodní řetězecchain of stores
Danish supermarked, supermarkedskæde
  • supermarkedstore
  • supermarkedskædechain of stores
Dutch supermarkt, supermarktketen
  • supermarktstore
  • supermarktketenchain of stores
Esperanto superbazaro, magazeno
  • superbazarostore
  • magazenostore
  • ĉenbutikochain of stores
Estonian supermarket
  • supermarketstore
Finnish supermarketti, supermarket-ketju
  • supermarkettistore
  • supermarket-ketjuchain of stores
French supermarché, supermarché
  • supermarchéstore
  • supermarchéchain of stores
German Supermarkt
  • Supermarktstore
Greek σουπερμάρκετ
  • σουπερμάρκετ (soupermárket)store
Hebrew סוּפֶּרמַרקֶט, מַרכּוֹל
  • סוּפֶּרמַרקֶט (supermárket)store
  • מַרכּוֹל (markól)store
Hindi सुपरमार्केट
  • सुपरमार्केट (suparmārkeṭ)store
Hungarian szupermarket, áruház
  • szupermarketstore
  • áruházstore
  • élelmiszer-áruházstore
  • élelmiszerboltstore
  • közértstore
  • ABCstore
Icelandic kjörbúð, stórmarkaður
  • kjörbúðstore
  • stórmarkaðurstore
Indonesian supermarket, pasaraya
  • supermarketstore
  • pasarayastore
  • pasar swalayanstore
Irish ollmhargadh
  • ollmhargadhstore
Italian supermercato
  • supermercatostore
Japanese スーパーマーケット, スーパー
  • スーパーマーケット (sūpāmāketto)store
  • スーパー (sūpā)store
Korean 슈퍼마켓, 슈퍼
  • 슈퍼마켓 (syupeomaket)store
  • 슈퍼 (syupeo)store
Latin praegrande emporium
  • praegrande emporiumstore
Latvian lielveikals, supermārkets
  • lielveikalsstore
  • supermārketsstore
Lithuanian prekybos centras, supermarketas
  • prekybos centrasstore
  • supermarketasstore
Malay pasar raya
  • pasar rayastore
Māori toa hokomaha, whare hokomaha
  • toa hokomahastore
  • whare hokomahastore
Norwegian Bokmål supermarked
  • supermarkedstore
Polish supermarket, supermarket
  • supermarketstore
  • supermarketchain of stores
Portuguese supermercado
  • supermercadostore
Romanian supermagazin, magazin universal
  • supermagazinstore
  • magazin universalstore
Russian суперма́ркет, универса́м
  • суперма́ркет (supermárket)store
  • универса́м (universám)store
  • универма́г (univermág)store
  • магази́н (magazín)store
  • суперма́ркет (supermárket)chain of stores
Slovak supermarket
  • supermarketstore
Spanish supermercado
  • supermercadostore
Swahili supamaketi
  • supamaketistore
Swedish stormarknad
  • stormarknadstore
Thai ซูเปอร์มาร์เก็ต
  • ซูเปอร์มาร์เก็ต (suu-bpə̂ə-maa-gêt)store
Turkish süpermarket
  • süpermarketstore
Ukrainian суперма́ркет
  • суперма́ркет (supermárket)store
Urdu سُپَر مارْکیٹ
  • سُپَر مارْکیٹ (supar mārkeṭ)store
Vietnamese siêu thị
  • siêu thịstore
Welsh archfarchnad
  • archfarchnadstore
Cite this entry
APA

supermarket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supermarket

MLA

“supermarket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supermarket. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supermarket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supermarket.

Source: supermarket on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.