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.
- 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.
Synonyms
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: 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), οπωροπώλης (el) (oporopólis)
- 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, 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: 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
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