thermopolium

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noun

A place where food and hot drinks were sold.

OriginLatin thermopōlium →
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Meanings

nounthermopolium (plural thermopolia)

plural thermopolia

  1. Ancient RomehistoricalA place where food and hot drinks were sold.

    About 80 thermopolia have been found at Pompeii, where residents could choose their edibles from containers set into street-front counters.

    2020 December 26, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Snail, Fish and Sheep Soup, Anyone? Savory New Finds at Pompeii”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Latinthermopōlium
  2. Englishthermopolium

From Latin thermopōlium.

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Translations

Catalan termopoli, thermopolium
  • termopolieating establishment
  • thermopoliumeating establishment
French thermopolium
  • thermopoliumeating establishment
German Thermopolium
  • Thermopoliumeating establishment
Italian thermopolium
  • thermopoliumeating establishment
Spanish termopolio
  • termopolioeating establishment
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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