Phrase guide

grocery store

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grocery shop, greengrocer's, grocery

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a marketplace where groceries are sold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the grocery store included a meat market

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grocery, food market, market

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marketplace, market place, mart, market

Narrower terms: greengrocery, supermarket

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِقَالَة (biqāla) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Arabic: حَانُوت بَقَّال (ḥānūt baqqāl) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Armenian: մթերային խանութ (mtʻerayin xanutʻ) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Azerbaijani: baqqal — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Azerbaijani: qastronom — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Belarusian: бакале́я (bakaljéja) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Belarusian: гастрано́м (hastranóm) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Belarusian: прадукто́вы магазі́н (praduktóvy mahazín) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Bengali: মুদি দোকান (mudi dōkan) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Bulgarian: бакали́я (bakalíja) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Bulgarian: бака́лница (bakálnica) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Catalan: adrogueria — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Catalan: ultramarins — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雜貨店 /杂货店 (záhuòdiàn) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副食商店 (fùshí shāngdiàn) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 食品商店 (shípǐn shāngdiàn) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Czech: potraviny — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Czech: koloniál — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Czech: hokynářství — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Danish: dagligvarebutik — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Danish: dagligvareforretning — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Danish: brugs — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Dutch: kruidenier — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Faroese: handil — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Finnish: ruokakauppa — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Finnish: elintarvikekauppa — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • French: épicerie — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • French: magasin d'alimentation — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Galician: tenda — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Galician: supermercado — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Galician: ultramarinos — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Georgian: საბაკალეო მაღაზია (sabaḳaleo maɣazia) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Georgian: საბაკალეო საქონლის მაღაზია (sabaḳaleo sakonlis maɣazia) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Georgian: საბაყლო მაღაზია (sabaq̇lo maɣazia) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • German: Lebensmittelladen — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • German: Lebensmittelgeschäft — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • German: Lebensmittelhandlung — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Greek: μπακάλικο (bakáliko) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Gujarati: કરિયાણાની દુકાન (kariyāṇānī dukān) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hawaiian: hale kūʻai mea ʻai — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hebrew: מַכֹּלֶת (makólet) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hebrew: מכולת — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hindi: पंसारी की दुकान (pansārī kī dukān) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hindi: परचून (parcūn) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hungarian: élelmiszerüzlet — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hungarian: élelmiszerbolt — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hungarian: közért — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Hungarian: vegyesbolt — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Ido: spicerio — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Irish: siopa grósaera — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Italian: drogheria — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Italian: alimentari — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Japanese: 食料品店 (shokuryōhinten) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Japanese: 乾物屋 (kanbutsuya) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Japanese: グロサリー (gurosarī) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Japanese: グローサリー (gurōsarī) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Kazakh: бақал (baqal) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Kazakh: гастроном (gastronom) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Korean: 식료품점 (singnyopumjeom) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Kyrgyz: бакалея (bakaleya) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Kyrgyz: гастроном (gastronom) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Latin: macellum — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Macedonian: бакалница (bakalnica) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dagligvarebutikk — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Norwegian Bokmål: storsenter — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landhandel — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Iranian Persian: بَقَّالی (baġġâli) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Iranian Persian: سوپِری (superi) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Polish: sklep spożywczy — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Polish: spożywczak — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Portuguese: armazém — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Portuguese: empório — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Portuguese: mercado — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Portuguese: mercadinho — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Portuguese: quitanda — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Portuguese: venda — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Portuguese: mercearia — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Punjabi: ہَٹّی (haṭṭī) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Romanian: alimentară — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Romanian: băcănie — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Russian: бакале́я (bakaléja) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Russian: продукто́вый магази́н (produktóvyj magazín) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Russian: гастроно́м (gastronóm) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Russian: продово́льственный магази́н (prodovólʹstvennyj magazín) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Scottish Gaelic: bùth grosaireachd — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Slovak: potraviny — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: abarrotería — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: abastecedor — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: abasto — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: almacén — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: bodega — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: colmado — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: despensa — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: pulpería — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: tienda de abarrotes — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: tienda de barrio — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: tienda de ultramarinos — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: trucha — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: abacería — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: tienda de ultramarinos — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: encomendería — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Spanish: covacha — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Swedish: livsmedelsaffär — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Swedish: livsmedelsbutik — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Swedish: mataffär — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Tagalog: abaseriya — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Tajik: баққолӣ (baqqoli) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Turkish: bakkal — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Ukrainian: бакалі́я (bakalíja) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Ukrainian: гастроно́м (hastronóm) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Ukrainian: продукто́вий магази́н (produktóvyj mahazýn) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Urdu: کِرْیانَہ کی دُکان (kiryāna kī dukān) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Uzbek: baqqollik doʻkon — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Uzbek: baqqol — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Uzbek: gastronom — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Vietnamese: cửa hàng tạp hoá — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Vietnamese: tiệm tạp hoá — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Vietnamese: tạp hoá — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Welsh: siop groser — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Welsh: siop fwyd — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Yiddish: שפּײַזקראָם (shpayzkrom) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket
  • Yiddish: באַקאַליי־קראָם (bakaley-krom) — a store where groceries can be purchased, especially a supermarket