supermarket

See also: süpermarket

English

the interior of a supermarket (a large store)

Etymology

American English, super- +‎ market, 1933.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsuːpəˈmɑːkɪt/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

supermarket (plural supermarkets)

2. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing.

   Coordinate terms: hypermarket, superstore

   I went to the supermarket to buy some food.

3. A chain of such stores.
4. (figurative) A one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services.
   • 2011, Faith Glasgow, Personal Finance and Investing All-in-One For Dummies:

     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.

   • 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:

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

Derived terms

• social supermarket

Descendants

• → Armenian: սուպերմարկետ (supermarket)
• → Bulgarian: суперма́ркет (supermárket)
• → Czech: supermarket
• → Estonian: supermarket
• → Finnish: supermarket, supermarketti
• → Hindi: सुपरमार्केट (suparmārkeṭ)
• → Georgian: სუპერმარკეტი (suṗermarḳeṭi)
• → Italian: supermarket
• → Japanese: スーパーマーケット (sūpāmāketto)
• → Korean: 슈퍼마켓 (syupeomaket)
• → Macedonian: суперма́ркет (supermárket)
• → Mongolian:

  Cyrillic script: супермаркет (supermarket)

  Mongolian script: ᠰᠦᠫᠧᠷᠮᠠᠷᠻᠧᠲ᠋ (süpērmarkēt)

• → Polish: supermarket
• → Romanian: supermarket
• → Russian: суперма́ркет (supermárket)
  • → Kazakh: супермаркет (supermarket)
  • → Kyrgyz: супермаркет (supermarket)
  • → Tajik: супермаркет (supermarket)
  • → Turkmen: supermarket
  • → Uzbek: supermarket
• → Thai: ซูเปอร์มาร์เก็ต (suu-bpə̂ə-maa-gêt)
• → Turkish: süpermarket
• → Urdu: سُپَر مارْکیٹ (supar mārkeṭ)

Translations

store

Afrikaans: supermark Albanian: supermarket m Arabic: سُوبَرْمَارْكِت m (subarmārkit), سُوبَر مَارْكِت m (subar mārkit) Armenian: սուպերմարկետ (hy) (supermarket) Asturian: supermercáu m Azerbaijani: supermarket Basque: supermerkatu Belarusian: суперма́ркет m (supjermárkjet) Bengali: সুপারমার্কেট (suparmarkeṭ) Bulgarian: суперма́ркет (bg) m (supermárket) Burmese: စူပါမားကတ် (cupama:kat), ကုန်စုံဆိုင်ကြီး (kuncumhcuingkri:) Catalan: supermercat (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 超級市場／超级市场 (ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4), 超市 (ciu1 si5) Hokkien: 超級市場／超级市场 (chhiau-ki̍p-chhī-tiûⁿ / chhiau-kip-chhī-tiûⁿ), 超市 (chhiau-chhī) Mandarin: 超級市場／超级市场 (zh) (chāojí shìchǎng), 超市 (zh) (chāoshì) Cornish: gorvarhas f Czech: supermarket (cs) m Danish: supermarked (da) n Dutch: supermarkt (nl) f Esperanto: superbazaro, magazeno Estonian: supermarket (et) Finnish: supermarketti (fi) French: supermarché (fr) m Fula: Adlam: 𞤣𞤵𞤺𞥆𞤫𞤪𞤫 Latin: duggere Galician: supermercado (gl) m Georgian: სუპერმარკეტი (suṗermarḳeṭi) German: Supermarkt (de) m Greek: σουπερμάρκετ (el) n (soupermárket) Hebrew: סוּפֶּרמַרקֶט (he) m (supermárket), מַרכּוֹל (he) m (markól) Hindi: सुपरमार्केट m (suparmārkeṭ) Hungarian: szupermarket (hu), áruház (hu), élelmiszer-áruház, élelmiszerbolt (hu), közért (hu), ABC (hu) Icelandic: kjörbúð (is) f, stórmarkaður f Ido: supermerkato (io) Indonesian: supermarket (id) Irish: ollmhargadh m Italian: supermercato (it) m Japanese: スーパーマーケット (ja) (sūpāmāketto), (shorten) スーパー (ja) (sūpā) Kazakh: супермаркет (supermarket) Khmer: ផ្សារទំនើប (phsaa tumnəəp) Korean: 슈퍼마켓 (ko) (syupeomaket), 슈퍼 (ko) (syupeo) Kyrgyz: супермаркет (supermarket) Lao: ຊຸບເປີມາເກັດ (sup pœ̄ mā ket), ສັບພະສິນຄ້າ (sap pha sin khā) Latin: praegrande emporium n Latvian: lielveikals m, supermārkets m Lithuanian: prekybos centras m, supermarketas m Macedonian: суперма́ркет m (supermárket) Malay: pasar raya (ms) Manx: ard-vargey m Maori: toa hokomaha, whare hokomaha Marathi: सुपरमार्केट n (suparmārkeṭ) Mongolian: Cyrillic: хүнсний дэлгүүр (xünsnii delgüür), супермаркет (supermarket), их дэлгүүр (ix delgüür) Norman: supèrmarchi m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: supermarked n Nynorsk: supermarknad m Occitan: supermercat (oc) m Persian: Iranian Persian: سوپِرْمارْکِت (fa) (supermârket) Polish: supermarket (pl) m Portuguese: supermercado (pt) m Romanian: supermagazin (ro) n, magazin universal n Romansch: supermartgà m (Rumantsch Grischun) Russian: суперма́ркет (ru) m (supermárket), универса́м (ru) m (universám), универма́г (ru) m (univermág), магази́н (ru) m (magazín) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: самопо̀слуга f Roman: samopòsluga (sh) f Sicilian: supirmircatu m Slovak: supermarket m Slovene: supermarket (sl) m Spanish: supermercado (es) Swahili: supamaketi (sw) Swedish: stormarknad (sv) c Tajik: супермаркет (supermarket) Thai: ซูเปอร์มาร์เก็ต (suu-bpə̂ə-maa-gêt) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Tok Pisin: supamaket Turkish: süpermarket (tr) Turkmen: supermarket Ukrainian: суперма́ркет (uk) m (supermárket) Urdu: سُپَر مارْکیٹ m (supar mārkeṭ) Uzbek: supermarket (uz), universam (uz) Vietnamese: siêu thị (vi) (超市) Volapük: susmaket, lemaket Welsh: archfarchnad f West Frisian: supermerk c White Hmong: please add this translation if you can Zhuang: cauhsi

chain of stores

Chinese: Mandarin: 連鎖超市／连锁超市 (liánsuǒ chāoshì) Czech: obchodní řetězec m Danish: supermarkedskæde c Dutch: supermarktketen (nl) Esperanto: ĉenbutiko Finnish: supermarket-ketju French: supermarché (fr) m Macedonian: суперма́ркет m (supermárket) Norman: supèrmarchi m (Jersey) Russian: суперма́ркет (ru) m (supermárket)

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “supermarket”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• supermarket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English supermarket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsupɛrmarkɛt]

Noun

supermarket m inan

1. supermarket

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	supermarket	supermarkety
genitive	supermarketu	supermarketů
dative	supermarketu	supermarketům
accusative	supermarket	supermarkety
vocative	supermarkete	supermarkety
locative	supermarketu	supermarketech
instrumental	supermarketem	supermarkety

Declension of supermarket (hard masculine inanimate)

See also

• samoobsluha

Further reading

• “supermarket”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• supermarket in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Estonian

supermarketi interjöör

Etymology

From English supermarket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuperˌmɑrket/, [ˈsupˑerˌmɑrketˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrket
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧mar‧ket

Noun

supermarket (genitive supermarketi, partitive supermarketit)

1. supermarket (a large store offering food and industrial goods)

Declension

Declension of supermarket (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		supermarket	supermarketid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	supermarketi
genitive			supermarketite
partitive		supermarketit	supermarketeid
illative		supermarketisse	supermarketitesse supermarketeisse
inessive		supermarketis	supermarketites supermarketeis
elative		supermarketist	supermarketitest supermarketeist
allative		supermarketile	supermarketitele supermarketeile
adessive		supermarketil	supermarketitel supermarketeil
ablative		supermarketilt	supermarketitelt supermarketeilt
translative		supermarketiks	supermarketiteks supermarketeiks
terminative		supermarketini	supermarketiteni
essive		supermarketina	supermarketitena
abessive		supermarketita	supermarketiteta
comitative		supermarketiga	supermarketitega

References

• supermarket in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “supermarket”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English supermarket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuperˌmɑrket/, [ˈs̠upe̞rˌmɑ̝rk̟e̞t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑrket
• Syllabification^(key): su‧per‧mar‧ket

Noun

supermarket

1. Alternative form of supermarketti.

Declension

Inflection of supermarket (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		supermarket	supermarketit
genitive		supermarketin	supermarketien
partitive		supermarketia	supermarketeja
illative		supermarketiin	supermarketeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		supermarket	supermarketit
accusative	nom.	supermarket	supermarketit
	gen.	supermarketin
genitive		supermarketin	supermarketien
partitive		supermarketia	supermarketeja
inessive		supermarketissa	supermarketeissa
elative		supermarketista	supermarketeista
illative		supermarketiin	supermarketeihin
adessive		supermarketilla	supermarketeilla
ablative		supermarketilta	supermarketeilta
allative		supermarketille	supermarketeille
essive		supermarketina	supermarketeina
translative		supermarketiksi	supermarketeiksi
abessive		supermarketitta	supermarketeitta
instructive		—	supermarketein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of supermarket (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative supermarketini supermarketini accusative nom. supermarketini supermarketini gen. supermarketini genitive supermarketini supermarketieni partitive supermarketiani supermarketejani inessive supermarketissani supermarketeissani elative supermarketistani supermarketeistani illative supermarketiini supermarketeihini adessive supermarketillani supermarketeillani ablative supermarketiltani supermarketeiltani allative supermarketilleni supermarketeilleni essive supermarketinani supermarketeinani translative supermarketikseni supermarketeikseni abessive supermarketittani supermarketeittani instructive — — comitative — supermarketeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative supermarketisi supermarketisi accusative nom. supermarketisi supermarketisi gen. supermarketisi genitive supermarketisi supermarketiesi partitive supermarketiasi supermarketejasi inessive supermarketissasi supermarketeissasi elative supermarketistasi supermarketeistasi illative supermarketiisi supermarketeihisi adessive supermarketillasi supermarketeillasi ablative supermarketiltasi supermarketeiltasi allative supermarketillesi supermarketeillesi essive supermarketinasi supermarketeinasi translative supermarketiksesi supermarketeiksesi abessive supermarketittasi supermarketeittasi instructive — — comitative — supermarketeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative supermarketimme supermarketimme accusative nom. supermarketimme supermarketimme gen. supermarketimme genitive supermarketimme supermarketiemme partitive supermarketiamme supermarketejamme inessive supermarketissamme supermarketeissamme elative supermarketistamme supermarketeistamme illative supermarketiimme supermarketeihimme adessive supermarketillamme supermarketeillamme ablative supermarketiltamme supermarketeiltamme allative supermarketillemme supermarketeillemme essive supermarketinamme supermarketeinamme translative supermarketiksemme supermarketeiksemme abessive supermarketittamme supermarketeittamme instructive — — comitative — supermarketeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative supermarketinne supermarketinne accusative nom. supermarketinne supermarketinne gen. supermarketinne genitive supermarketinne supermarketienne partitive supermarketianne supermarketejanne inessive supermarketissanne supermarketeissanne elative supermarketistanne supermarketeistanne illative supermarketiinne supermarketeihinne adessive supermarketillanne supermarketeillanne ablative supermarketiltanne supermarketeiltanne allative supermarketillenne supermarketeillenne essive supermarketinanne supermarketeinanne translative supermarketiksenne supermarketeiksenne abessive supermarketittanne supermarketeittanne instructive — — comitative — supermarketeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative supermarketinsa supermarketinsa accusative nom. supermarketinsa supermarketinsa gen. supermarketinsa genitive supermarketinsa supermarketiensa partitive supermarketiaan supermarketiansa supermarketejaan supermarketejansa inessive supermarketissaan supermarketissansa supermarketeissaan supermarketeissansa elative supermarketistaan supermarketistansa supermarketeistaan supermarketeistansa illative supermarketiinsa supermarketeihinsa adessive supermarketillaan supermarketillansa supermarketeillaan supermarketeillansa ablative supermarketiltaan supermarketiltansa supermarketeiltaan supermarketeiltansa allative supermarketilleen supermarketillensa supermarketeilleen supermarketeillensa essive supermarketinaan supermarketinansa supermarketeinaan supermarketeinansa translative supermarketikseen supermarketiksensa supermarketeikseen supermarketeiksensa abessive supermarketittaan supermarketittansa supermarketeittaan supermarketeittansa instructive — — comitative — supermarketeineen supermarketeinensa

Further reading

• “supermarket”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English supermarket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.perˈmar.ket/
• Rhymes: -arket
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧màr‧ket

Noun

supermarket m (invariable)

1. supermarket

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

supermarket

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English supermarket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.pɛrˈmar.kɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arkɛt
• Syllabification: su‧per‧mar‧ket

Noun

supermarket m inan

1. supermarket

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	supermarket	supermarkety
genitive	supermarketu	supermarketów
dative	supermarketowi	supermarketom
accusative	supermarket	supermarkety
instrumental	supermarketem	supermarketami
locative	supermarkecie	supermarketach
vocative	supermarkecie	supermarkety

Declension of supermarket

Derived terms

adjective

• supermarketowy

 

Further reading

• supermarket in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• supermarket in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English supermarket.

Noun

supermarket n (plural supermarketuri)

1. supermarket

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) supermarket	supermarketul	(niște) supermarketuri	supermarketurile
genitive/dative	(unui) supermarket	supermarketului	(unor) supermarketuri	supermarketurilor
vocative	supermarketule		supermarketurilor

Declension of supermarket