delicatessen

English

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Etymology

1864. From German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“fine food”), from French délicatesse, from delicat (“fine”), from Latin delicatus (“alluring”).

The sense of store much more recent, originating in ellipsis from the common attributive use, as in delicatessen shop, delicatessen store, etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌdɛlɪkəˈtɛsən/

Noun

delicatessen (plural delicatessens)

1. (countable) A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
2. (plural only) Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

Derived terms

• deli

Related terms

• delicacy

Translations

shop selling prepared foods

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熟食店 (cmn) (shúshídiàn)

• French: delicatessen (fr) m, épicerie fine (fr) f
• German: Feinkostladen (de) m, Delikatessengeschäft (de) n, Delikatessenladen (de) m
• Greek: αλλαντικά (el) (allantiká) n pl
• Japanese: デリカテッセン (ja) (derikatessen)
• Polish: delikatesy (pl) m pl

• Russian: гастроном (ru) (gastronóm) m, деликатесы (ru) (delikatɛ́sy) m pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: посластичара (sh) f, посластичарница (sh) f

  Roman: poslastičara (sh) f, poslastičarnica (sh) f

• Spanish: delicatessen (es) m

delicacies

• German: Delikatessen (de) pl
• Greek: λιχουδιές (el) (lichoudiés) f pl, ορεκτικά (el) (orektiká) n pl

• Jèrriais: d'licatesses f pl

Anagrams

• delicateness