emporium C2 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ɪmˈpɔriəm/ UK /ɪmˈpɔːriəm/ See IPA manual Freq #28647 Meanings 1 noun a large store or marketplace offering a wide variety of goods The old railway warehouse reopened as an emporium for furniture, books, and antiques. 2 noun a major center or meeting place for trade, especially in historical writing The port became an emporium for goods moving between Asia and Europe. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large store or... marketplacebazaardepartment store 2 noun · a major center or meeting... trading centercommercial hubmarket Word family Related forms commercemarketmerchanttrading post Etymology Borrowed from Latin emporium, 'market or trading station,' from Greek emporion. That noun derives from emporos, 'merchant or traveler,' built from en, 'in,' + poros, 'passage or journey.' Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # emporium **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpɔriəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpɔːriəm/ **Frequency rank:** 28647 ## Meanings 1. a large store or marketplace offering a wide variety of goods 2. a major center or meeting place for trade, especially in historical writing ## Examples - The old railway warehouse reopened as an emporium for furniture, books, and antiques. - The port became an emporium for goods moving between Asia and Europe. ## Synonyms - marketplace - bazaar - trading center - commercial hub ## Related Forms - commerce - market - merchant - trading post ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin emporium, 'market or trading station,' from Greek emporion. That noun derives from emporos, 'merchant or traveler,' built from en, 'in,' + poros, 'passage or journey.' ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown