Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.

    Gemüsehändler, Gemüsehändlerin, Obst- und Gemüsehändler

    продаве́ц овоще́й и фру́ктовprodavéc ovoščéj i frúktov, овощно́й магази́нovoščnój magazín

    a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables

  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A relatively small shop selling fresh vegetables and fruit.

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

Examples

8 sentences
  1. I met him outside the greengrocer's.

    deIch traf ihn vor dem Gemüseladen.

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  2. There's a greengrocer's in this street.

    deEs gibt in dieser Straße einen Lebensmittelladen.

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  3. This is the cheapest greengrocer in town.

    deDas ist der billigste Lebensmittelladen in der Stadt.

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  4. The greengrocer is very kind to his customers.

    deDer Gemüsehändler ist sehr freundlich zu seinen Kunden.

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  5. I buy my fruits and vegetables at the greengrocer's.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit:

Origin

From green + grocer.

From green + grocer.

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Forms

plural: greengrocers
Singulargreengrocer
Pluralgreengrocers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
small shop selling produce:greengrocer'sproduce storeproduce shop

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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