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greengrocer

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈɡɹinˌɡɹəʊs.ə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A relatively small shop selling fresh vegetables and fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A common green cicada, Cyclochila australasiae, of eastern Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grocer

History

Etymology

From green + grocer.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَقَّال (baqqāl) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Armenian: կանաչավաճառ (kanačʻavačaṙ) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Armenian: մրգավաճառ (mrgavačaṙ) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Asturian: fruteru — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Asturian: frutera — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Bulgarian: зарзаватчи́я (zarzavatčíja) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Catalan: verdulaire — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Catalan: verdurer — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Catalan: verdurera — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蔬菜水果店 (shūcài-shuǐguǒ-diàn) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Czech: zelinář — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Dutch: groenteboer — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Finnish: vihanneskauppias — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • French: marchand de fruits et légumes — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • French: primeur — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Galician: froiteiro — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • German: Gemüsehändler — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • German: Gemüsehändlerin — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • German: Obst- und Gemüsehändler — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • German: Obst- und Gemüsehändlerin — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • German: Gemüsemann — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • German: Gemüsefrau — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Greek: μανάβης (manávis) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Greek: οπωροπώλης (oporopólis) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Ancient Greek: λαχανοπώλης (lakhanopṓlēs) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Ancient Greek: λαχανοπωλήτρια (lakhanopōlḗtria) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Hebrew: יַרְקָן (yarkán) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Hungarian: zöldséges — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Hungarian: zöldségboltos — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Hungarian: zöldségárus — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Ido: frukto-vendisto — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Irish: siopadóir glasraí — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Irish: grósaeir glasraí — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Japanese: 八百屋 (yaoya) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Latin: holitor — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Macedonian: пилјар (piljar) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Malay: penjual sayur — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Maltese: tal-ħaxix — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Iranian Persian: سُبْزیفُروش (sobzi-foruš) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Polish: sprzedawca w warzywniaku — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Polish: sprzedawczyni w warzywniaku — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Portuguese: verdureiro — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Portuguese: hortaliceiro — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Portuguese: quitandeiro — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Portuguese: verduleiro — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Romanian: zarzavagiu — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Romanian: zarzavagioaică — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Russian: продаве́ц овоще́й и фру́ктов (prodavéc ovoščéj i frúktov) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Russian: овощно́й магази́н (ovoščnój magazín) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: пѝља̄р — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: pìljār — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Spanish: verdulero — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Swedish: grönsakshandlare — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Turkish: manav — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Ottoman Turkish: مناو (manav) — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Vietnamese: người bán rau cải — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Vietnamese: hàng rau — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Volapük: härbatatedan — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Volapük: härbatahitedan — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Volapük: härbatajitedan — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Volapük: fluka- e härbatatedan — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Volapük: fluka- e härbatahitedan — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Volapük: fluka- e härbatajitedan — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Welsh: gwerthwr llysiau — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit
  • Welsh: grîn-groser — person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit