delicatessen

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English

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French delicacies sold in delicatessens

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Etymology

First attested 1864. From German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), at the time also spelt Delicatesse(n), from French délicatesse, from délicat (“fine”), from Latin delicatus (“alluring”).

The sense of store is much more recent, originating in ellipsis from the common attributive use, as in delicatessen shop, delicatessen store, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdɛlɪkəˈtɛsən/
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Noun

delicatessen (plural delicatessens)

  1. A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

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Descendants

  • → Spanish: delicatessen, delicatesen

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Noun

delicatessen pl (plural only)

  1. Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested 1642 . Plural of delicatesse (“fine food”), from French délicatesse, from délicat (“fine”), from Latin delicatus (“alluring”).

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Noun

delicatessen

  1. delicacies, fine food
  2. plural of delicatesse

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Noun

delicatessen f (plural delicatessens)

  1. delicatessen (shop selling prepared foods)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English delicatessen, from German Delikatessen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /delikaˈtesen/
  • Rhymes: -esen
  • Syllabification: de‧li‧ca‧tes‧sen

Noun

delicatessen f (plural delicatessens)

  1. delicatessen

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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