entrepôt

American  

[ahn-truh-poh, ahn-truh-poh] / ˈɑn trəˌpoʊ, ɑ̃ trəˈpoʊ /

Or entrepot

noun

plural

entrepôts

1. a warehouse.

2. a commercial center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging.

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entrepôt British  

/ ɑ̃trəpo /

noun

1. a warehouse for commercial goods

2. 1. a trading centre or port at a geographically convenient location, at which goods are imported and re-exported without incurring liability for duty

   2. ( as modifier )

      an entrepôt trade

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Etymology

Origin of entrepôt

1715–25; < French, equivalent to entre inter- + pôt < Latin positum, noun use of neuter past participle of pōnere to put, place (modeled on dépôt depot )

Example Sentences

The Strait of Hormuz has been a critical trading entrepôt for centuries, a passageway between the Persian and Oman gulfs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

In time, America became such an entrepôt among these continents that an eighteenth-century visitor, lending this show its title and theme, called Mexico City ‘the archive of the world.’

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Los Angeles is also a major metropolitan entrepôt, and that means a steady supply of new visitors, people who want to experience a mostly invisible business — filmmaking — in a tangible way.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2022

Sure, New Orleans sits near the mouth of the mighty Mississippi River and is an important entrepôt and site for export of raw materials, agricultural commodities chemicals, and petroleum products.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2017

It was another of those military posts established in connection with the Indian reserve—a dépôt for troops and stores—also an entrepôt for such as might arrive from the ports of the Mexican gulf.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

Related Words

• cache
• depot
• repository
• stockpile
• storehouse