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grocer

noun · verb · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ/
  • General-American:
  • rhymes with -əʊsə(ɹ)
  • homophone: grosser
  • CMU ARPABET: G R OW1 S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A retail store that sells groceries, a grocery store.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To sell groceries; to act as a grocer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merchant, merchandiser

Narrower terms: greengrocer

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bakall — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Albanian: shitës — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Arabic: بَقَّال (baqqāl) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Arabic: بَقَّالَة (baqqāla) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Arabic: بَدَّال (baddāl) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Arabic: بقال (baʔʔāl) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Armenian: նպարավաճառ (nparavačaṙ) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Azerbaijani: baqqal — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Belarusian: бакале́йнік (bakaljéjnik) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Belarusian: бакале́йніца (bakaljéjnica) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Belarusian: бакале́йшчык (bakaljéjščyk) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Belarusian: бакале́йшчыца (bakaljéjščyca) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Bhojpuri: पंसारी (pansārī) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Bulgarian: бака́лин (bakálin) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Catalan: adroguer — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Catalan: adroguera — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雜貨商 /杂货商 (záhuòshāng) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Czech: hokynář — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Czech: hokynářka — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Danish: købmand — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Dutch: kruidenier — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Dutch: kruidenierster — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Esperanto: spicisto — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Esperanto: spicistino — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Finnish: elintarvikekauppias — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Finnish: ruokakauppias — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • French: épicier — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • French: épicière — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Georgian: ბაყალი (baq̇ali) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • German: Lebensmittelhändler — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • German: Lebensmittelhändlerin — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • German: Kaufmann — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • German: Kauffrau — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • German: Krämer — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • German: Krämerin — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • German: Kolonialwarenhändler — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Greek: μπακάλης (bakális) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Greek: μπακάλισσα (bakálissa) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Greek: μπακάλαινα (bakálaina) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Greek: παντοπώλης (pantopólis) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Greek: παντοπώλισσα (pantopólissa) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Hindi: पंसारी (pansārī) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Hungarian: zöldséges — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Ido: spicisto — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Ido: spicovendisto — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Irish: grósaeir — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Italian: droghiere — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Italian: droghiera — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Kazakh: бақалшы (baqalşy) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Kazakh: аттерші (atterşı) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Latin: holitor — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Latin: macellārius — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Macedonian: ба́кал (bákal) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Maltese: tal-merċa — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Norman: êpicyi — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Norman: grôssyi — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kolonialhandler — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpmann (cf. grosserer m) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kolonialhandlar — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøpmann (cf. grosserar m) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Pashto: بقال (baqāl) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Dari: بَقَّال (baqqāl) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Iranian Persian: بَقَّال (baġġâl) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Polish: sklepikarz — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Polish: sklepikarka — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Portuguese: merceeiro — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Portuguese: merceeira — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Romanian: băcan — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Romanian: băcăneasă — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Russian: бакале́йщик (bakaléjščik) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Russian: бакале́йщица (bakaléjščica) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Russian: продаве́ц (prodavéc) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Russian: продавщи́ца (prodavščíca) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Russian: торго́вец (torgóvec) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Russian: торго́вка (torgóvka) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Scottish Gaelic: grosair — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Serbo-Croatian: бака̀лӣн — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Serbo-Croatian: bakàlīn — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Spanish: abacero — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Spanish: abacera — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Spanish: abarrotero — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Spanish: abarrotera — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Spanish: vivandero — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Swedish: livsmedelshandlare — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Swedish: specerihandlare — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Tajik: баққол (baqqol) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Turkish: bakkal — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Ottoman Turkish: بقال (bakkal) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Turkmen: bakgal — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Ukrainian: бакалі́йник (bakalíjnyk) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Ukrainian: бакалі́йниця (bakalíjnycja) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Urdu: بَقَّال (baqqāl) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Urdu: پَنْساری (pansārī) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Uyghur: باققال (baqqal) — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Uzbek: baqqol — person selling foodstuffs and household items
  • Welsh: groser — person selling foodstuffs and household items
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