English
Etymology
From green + grocer.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹinˌɡɹəʊs.ə(ɹ)/
Noun
greengrocer (plural greengrocers)
- (chiefly British, Commonwealth, Ireland) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.
- (chiefly British, Commonwealth, Ireland) A relatively small shop selling fresh vegetables and fruit.
- A common green cicada, Cyclochila australasiae, of eastern Australia.
Usage notes
Greengrocer is no longer used in North America and is not likely to be understood by younger generations.
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Derived terms
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: зарзаватчи́я m (zarzavatčíja)
- 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), οπωροπώλης (el) (oporopólis)
- Ancient Greek: λαχανοπώλης m (lakhanopṓlēs), λαχανοπωλήτρια f (lakhanopōlḗtria)
- Hebrew: יַרְקָן (he) m (yarkán)
- 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
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: سُبْزیفُروش (sobzi-foruš)
- Portuguese: verdureiro m, hortaliceiro m, quitandeiro (pt) m, verduleiro 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:
- Cyrillic: пѝља̄р m
- Latin: pìljār (sh) m
- Spanish: verdulero (es) m
- Swedish: grönsakshandlare (sv) c
- Turkish: manav (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: مناو (manav)
- 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
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