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hypermarket

[hahy-per-mahr-kit]
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noun Chiefly British.
  1. a combined supermarket and department store.
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Origin of hypermarket

1965–70; hyper- + market, translation of French hypermarché, on the model of supermarché supermarket
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British Dictionary definitions for hypermarket

hypermarket

noun
  1. British a huge self-service store, usually built on the outskirts of a town
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Word Origin

C20: translation of French hypermarché
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