grocer

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/
Audio (Berkshire) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃəɹ/
Rhymes: -əʊsə(ɹ)
Homophone: grosser

Noun

grocer (plural grocers)

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

Derived terms

greengrocer
grocer's

Related terms

grocery

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 (baʾʾāl)
Armenian: նպարավաճառ (hy) (nparavačaṙ)
Bulgarian: бакалин (bg) m (bakalin)
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: pansari (pansari)
Hungarian: zöldséges (hu)
Ido: spicisto, spicovendisto
Italian: droghiere (it) m, droghiera f
Latin: holitor m (vegetables and fruits), macellārius m (meats)
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)

Verb

grocer (third-person singular simple present grocers, present participle grocering, simple past and past participle grocered)

(uncommon) To sell groceries; to act as a grocer.