hardware store

English

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Noun

hardware store (plural hardware stores)

1. A shop that sells tools, fasteners, and similar objects known collectively as hardware; related sundries used in construction, repair, and maintenance; and (usually) household goods.

   Synonym: ironmonger (chiefly Commonwealth)

Derived terms

• busy as a dyke in a hardware store

Translations

merchant

Catalan: ferreteria (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 五金鋪 / 五金铺 (ng5 gam1 pou3-2) Hokkien: 臭鐵店 / 臭铁店 (chhàu-thih-tiàm) (Singapore), 鐵店 / 铁店 (thih-tiàm) (Philippines), 五金店 (ngó͘-kim-tiàm) (Penang) Mandarin: 五金店 (zh) (wǔjīndiàn), 五金行 (wǔjīnháng), 五金商店 (wǔjīn shāngdiàn) Czech: železářství (cs) n Danish: (large) byggemarked n Dutch: ijzerwinkel (nl) m, ijzerwarenwinkel (nl) m Finnish: rautakauppa (fi) French: quincaillerie (fr) f Galician: ferraxería (gl) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: (large) Baumarkt (de) m; (small) Eisenwarenladen (de) m Greek: σιδηροπωλείο (el) n (sidiropoleío) Ido: komerco di metalaji Italian: ferramenta (it) m; (large) brico m Japanese: 金物屋 (ja) (かなものや, kanamonoya) Latvian: būvmateriālu veikals m Norwegian: Bokmål: jernvarehandel m Polish: sklep żelazny m Portuguese: loja de ferragens f Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: строи́тельный магази́н m (stroítelʹnyj magazín) Spanish: ferretería (es) f, tlapalería (es) f (Mexico), tienda de bricolaje f Tagalog: pereteriya Turkish: hırdavatçı Yiddish: אײַזנוואַרגקראָם (ayznvargkrom)

See also

• lumber yard
• plumber