greengrocer

English

Etymology

From green +‎ grocer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹinˌɡɹəʊs.ə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

greengrocer (plural greengrocers)

1. (chiefly British, Commonwealth, Ireland) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.
2. A common green cicada, Cyclochila australasiae, of eastern Australia.

Usage notes

Greengrocer is not used in North America and is not likely to be understood.

Synonyms

• (small shop selling produce): greengrocer's; produce store, produce shop (US)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• greengroceress
• greengrocer's
• greengrocer's apostrophe
• greengrocery
• greengrocing

Translations

person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit

• Arabic: بَقَّال m (baqqāl)
• Armenian: կանաչավաճառ (hy) (kanačʻavačaṙ) (rare), մրգավաճառ (hy) (mrgavačaṙ) (fruits)
• Asturian: fruteru (ast) m, frutera (ast) f
• Bulgarian: зарзаватчия m (zarzavatčija)
• Catalan: verdulaire (ca) m or f, verdurer m, verdurera f
• 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
• Galician: froiteiro (gl) 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), λαχανοπωλήτρια f (lakhanopōlḗtria)

• Hebrew: יַרְקָן (he) m (yarkan)
• Hungarian: zöldséges (hu), zöldségboltos, zöldségárus (hu)
• Ido: frukto-vendisto (io)
• Irish: siopadóir glasraí m, grósaeir glasraí m
• Japanese: 八百屋 (ja) (やおや, yaoya)
• Latin: holitor m
• Macedonian: пилјар m (piljar)
• Malay: penjual sayur
• Maltese: tal-ħaxix
• Ottoman Turkish: مناو (manav)
• Persian: سبزی فروش (sabzi-foruš)
• 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, hàng rau
• Volapük: (vegetable ♂♀) härbatatedan, (♂) härbatahitedan, (♀) härbatajitedan; (♂♀) fluka- e härbatatedan, (♂) fluka- e härbatahitedan, (♀) fluka- e härbatajitedan
• Welsh: gwerthwr llysiau m, grîn-groser m

Further reading

• greengrocer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia