grocer

English

Etymology

From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”) Compare gross.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃəɹ/
• Rhymes: -əʊsə(ɹ)
• Homophone: grosser

Noun

grocer (plural grocers)

1. A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

Derived terms

• greengrocer
• grocer's
• grocer's itch

Related terms

• grocery

Descendants

• → Irish: grósaeir
• → Welsh: groser

Translations

person selling foodstuffs and household items

• Albanian: bakall (sq), shitës (sq)
• Arabic: بَقَّال m (baqqāl), بَقَّالَة f (baqqāla), بَدَّال (ar) m (baddāl)

  Egyptian Arabic: بقال m (baʔʔāl)

• Armenian: նպարավաճառ (hy) (nparavačaṙ)
• Bulgarian: бакалин (bg) m (bakalin)
• Catalan: adroguer (ca) m, adroguera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雜貨商／杂货商 (zh) (záhuòshāng)

• Czech: hokynář (cs) m, hokynářka f
• Danish: købmand c
• Dutch: kruidenier (nl) m, kruidenierster f
• Esperanto: spicisto, spicistino (female)
• Finnish: elintarvikekauppias, ruokakauppias
• French: épicier (fr) f, épicière (fr) f
• German: Lebensmittelhändler (de) m, Lebensmittelhändlerin (de) f, Kaufmann (de) m, Kauffrau (de) f, Krämer (de) m, Krämerin f, Kolonialwarenhändler (de)
• Greek: μπακάλης (el) m (bakális), μπακάλισσα (el) f (bakálissa), μπακάλαινα (el) f (bakálaina), παντοπώλης (el) m (pantopólis), παντοπώλισσα (el) f (pantopólissa)
• Hindi: पंसारी (hi) (pansārī)
• Hungarian: zöldséges (hu)
• Ido: spicisto, spicovendisto
• Irish: grósaeir m
• Italian: droghiere (it) m, droghiera f
• Latin: holitor m (vegetables and fruits), macellārius m (meats)
• Macedonian: ба́кал m (bákal)
• Maltese: tal-merċa
• Norman: êpicyi m, grôssyi m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kolonialhandler m, kjøpmann (no) m (cf. grosserer m)

  Nynorsk: kolonialhandlar m, kjøpmann m (cf. grosserar m)

• Ottoman Turkish: بقال (bakkal)
• Polish: sklepikarz (pl) m, sklepikarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: merceeiro (pt) m, merceeira f
• Romanian: băcan (ro) m, băcăneasă f
• Russian: бакале́йщик (ru) m (bakaléjščik), бакале́йщица (ru) f (bakaléjščica)
• Scottish Gaelic: grosair m
• Spanish: abacero (es) m, abacera (es) f, abarrotero (es) m (Latin America), abarrotera (es) f (Latin America)
• Swedish: livsmedelshandlare (sv) c, specerihandlare c
• Turkish: bakkal (tr)
• Welsh: groser m

Verb

grocer (third-person singular simple present grocers, present participle grocering, simple past and past participle grocered)

1. (uncommon) To sell groceries; to act as a grocer.