entrepôt

Or en·tre·pot

[ahn-truh-poh, ahn-truh-poh]

noun

plural

entrepôts 

1. a warehouse.

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

entrepôt

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrepôt¹

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrepôt¹

C18: French, from entreposer to put in, from entre- between, _inter- + poser to place (see _pose ¹ ); formed on the model of _depot

Related Words

• cache 
• depot 
• repository 
• stockpile 
• storehouse