grocer

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.
   • c. 1995, Daron Malakian, Victims of a Down:

     Control will never again be gained for toleration will become extinct. A husband quarrelling with his wife will not think twice or regret his spent bullet. Hungry children will not spare the grocer.
     Remorse in all forms will be removed from human thoughts and actions.Freedom will only be available through revolution or death. This system of a down is unavoidable as life on this planet becomes unnecessary.

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)
• Bhojpuri: पंसारी (pansārī)
• 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.