English
Etymology
green grocer
Pronunciation
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Noun
greengrocer (plural greengrocers
( chiefly British ) fresh vegetables and fruit , normally from a relatively small shop
Usage notes
Greengrocer is not used in North America and is not likely to be understood.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
Bulgarian: зарзаватчия m ( zarzavatčija )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蔬菜水果店 ( shūcài-shuǐguǒ-diàn )
Czech: zelinář m
Dutch: groenteboer (nl) m
Finnish: vihanneskauppias
French: marchand de fruits et légumes m primeur (fr) m
German: Gemüsehändler (de) m Gemüsehändlerin (de) f Obst- und Gemüsehändler m Obst- und Gemüsehändlerin f Gemüsemann m Gemüsefrau f
Greek: μανάβης (el) m ( manávis )
Ancient: λαχανοπώλης m ( lakhanopṓlēs )
Hebrew: יַרְקָן (he) m ( yarkan )
Hungarian: zöldséges (hu) , zöldségboltos zöldségárus (hu)
Ido: frukto-vendisto (io)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 八百屋 (ja) ( やおや, yaoya )
Latin: holitor m
Maltese: tal-ħaxix
Persian: سبزی فروش ( sabzi-forush )
Portuguese: verdureiro m hortaliceiro m quitandeiro (pt) m
Romanian: zarzavagiu (ro) m zarzavagioaică (ro) f
Russian: продаве́ц овоще́й и фру́ктов m ( prodavéc ovoščéj i frúktov ) , ( shop ) овощно́й магази́н m ( ovoščnój magazín )
Serbo-Croatian: пиљар m ( piljar )
Spanish: verdulero (es) m
Swedish: grönsakshandlare (sv)
Turkish: manav (tr)
Vietnamese: người bán rau cải
Volapük: ( vegetable ♂♀ ) härbatatedan ( ♂ ) härbatahitedan ( ♀ ) härbatajitedan ( ♂♀ ) fluka- e härbatatedan ( ♂ ) fluka- e härbatahitedan ( ♀ ) fluka- e härbatajitedan
Further reading
greengrocer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 