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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /kuʁs/
"Je dois faire les courses pour la semaine."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Food and other goods sold by a grocer or at a supermarket.
"She went to the local market to buy fresh vegetables and other groceries." - 2
The business of a grocer.
"He spent his entire career working in the grocery trade."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word 'grocery', which comes from the Anglo-French 'grosserie', meaning wholesale merchandise. It ultimately stems from the Latin 'grossus', meaning coarse or thick, originally referring to merchants who sold goods in large quantities.
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courses
Transliteration: /kuʁs/
"Je dois faire les courses pour la semaine."
Lebensmittel
Transliteration: /ˈleːbn̩sˌmɪtl̩/
"Wir müssen einkaufen gehen, um Lebensmittel zu holen."
generi alimentari
Transliteration: /ˈdʒɛ.ne.ri a.li.menˈta.ri/
"Ho comprato molti generi alimentari al supermercato."
comestibles
Transliteration: /komesˈtiβles/
"Compré todos los comestibles necesarios para la cena."
mantimentos
Transliteration: /mɐ̃.tʃiˈmẽ.tus/
"Precisamos reabastecer os mantimentos da despensa."
किराना
Transliteration: kirana
"मैंने बाज़ार से कुछ ज़रूरी किराना खरीदा।"
食品杂货
Transliteration: shípǐn záhuò
"我去超市买了一些食品杂货。"
식료품
Transliteration: sik-ryo-pum
"엄마가 슈퍼마켓에서 식료품을 사오셨어요."
食料品
Transliteration: shokuryōhin
"スーパーマーケットで食料品を買いました。"
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