groceries

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹoʊsəɹiz/, /ˈɡɹoʊʃ(ə)ɹiz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹəʊs(ə)ɹiz/, /ˈɡɹəʊs(ə)ɹɪz/

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• Hyphenation: gro‧cer‧ies

Noun

groceries

1. plural of grocery

   There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither of them had tasty food.

Noun

groceries pl (plural only)

1. The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.

   She carried a sack of groceries in from her car and placed it on the kitchen table.

Translations

commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery

• Catalan: queviures (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雜貨／杂货 (zh) (záhuò)

• Dutch: boodschappen (nl)
• Finnish: päivittäistavarat pl, elintarvikkeet pl (foods)
• French: courses (fr) f pl
• Galician: ultramarinos m or m pl
• German: Lebensmittel (de) n pl
• Greek: ψώνια (el) n pl (psónia)
• Hindi: किराना (hi) m (kirānā)
• Hungarian: vásárolt holmik, élelmiszerek (hu)
• Ido: spicaro
• Italian: spesa (it) f
• Latin: obsōnia n pl
• Malayalam: പലചരക്ക് (ml) (palacarakkŭ)
• Nepali: किराना (ne) (kirānā)
• Polish: artykuły spożywcze pl, żywność (pl) f, spożywka f (colloquial)
• Portuguese: compras (pt)
• Romanian: alimente n pl, provizii f pl
• Russian: (продовольственные (ru) (prodovolʹstvennyje)) продукты (ru) pl (produkty)
• Scottish Gaelic: grosaireachd f
• Serbo-Croatian: намирнице f pl (namirnice), namirnice (sh) f pl
• Spanish: comestibles (es), abarrote (es) m, compras (es) f pl

plural of grocery (store)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雜貨店／杂货店 (zh) (záhuòdiàn)

• Czech: koloniály m pl, hokynářství (cs) n pl
• Finnish: päivittäistavarakaupat pl, ruokakaupat
• Hungarian: élelmiszerboltok pl, közértek (hu) pl
• Ido: spicerii
• Scottish Gaelic: bùthan grosaireachd f pl

Verb

groceries

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of grocery