English

Alternative forms

• entrepot

Noun

entrepôt ‎(plural entrepôts)

1. A warehouse, depot.
2. A commercial center, a place where merchandise is sent for additional processing and distribution.
3. A point of entry for people, especially immigrants, into a city or country.
   • 2012, The Economist, 20th Oct 2012, Immigration: The Tories’ barmiest policy

     The country has, in effect, installed a “keep out” sign over the white cliffs of Dover. Even as Mr Cameron defends the City of London as a global financial centre, and takes planeloads of business folk on foreign trips, his government ratchets up measures that would turn an entrepôt into a fortress.

Translations

French

Etymology

From substantive of entreposer, with influence from dépôt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃t.ʁə.po/

Noun

entrepôt m ‎(plural entrepôts)

1. warehouse; store

Anagrams

• optèrent
• péteront