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Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.
Milton Berle

Meaning of "delicatessen" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELICATESSEN

From German Delikatessen, literally: delicacies, pl of Delikatesse a delicacy, from French délicatesse.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DELICATESSEN

delicatessen  [ˌdɛlɪkəˈtɛsən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELICATESSEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Delicatessen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DELICATESSEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

delicatessen

Delicatessen

Delicatessen is a term meaning "delicacies" or "fine foods". In English, "delicatessen" originally meant only this specially prepared food. In time, the delicatessen store where this food was sold came to be called a delicatessen, and in this sense is often abbreviated to deli.

Definition of delicatessen in the English dictionary

The definition of delicatessen in the dictionary is a shop selling various foods, esp unusual or imported foods, already cooked or prepared. Other definition of delicatessen is such foods.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELICATESSEN


alison
ˈælɪsən
Anderson
ˈændəsən
comparison
kəmˈpærɪsən
Hudson
ˈhʌdsən
Jackson
ˈdʒæksən
Jansen
ˈdʒænsən
Jason
ˈdʒeɪsən
Johnson
ˈdʒɒnsən
lessen
ˈlɛsən
lesson
ˈlɛsən
listen
ˈlɪsən
madison
ˈmædɪsən
mason
ˈmeɪsən
nelson
ˈnɛlsən
person
ˈpɜːsən
Robinson
ˈrɒbɪnsən
Simpson
ˈsɪmpsən
Thompson
ˈtɒmpsən
Watson
ˈwɒtsən
Wilson
ˈwɪlsən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELICATESSEN

deliberatively
deliberativeness
deliberator
Delibes
delible
delicacies
delicacy
delicate
delicately
delicateness
delice
delicious
deliciously
deliciousness
delict
deligation
delight
delighted
delightedly
delightedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELICATESSEN

Anderssen
Assen
brussen
Essen
Giessen
glassen
Hessen
Knussen
Meissen
Ostpreussen
Preussen
Rasmussen
Westpreussen

Synonyms and antonyms of delicatessen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «delicatessen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DELICATESSEN

Find out the translation of delicatessen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of delicatessen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «delicatessen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

熟食店
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tienda de delicatessen
570 millions of speakers

English

delicatessen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डेलीकैटसन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَحَلٌّ يَبِيعُ أَطْعَمَةً أَجْنَبِيَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

магазин деликатесов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

delicatessen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রান্না করা সুস্বাদু খাদ্যাদি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épicerie fine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Delicatessen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feinkostgeschäft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

デリカテッセン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조제식품
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Delicatessen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cửa hàng bán các món ăn lạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டெலிகேடெஸ்ஸென்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वादिष्ट खाद्यपदार्थ विकण्याचे दुकान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şarküteri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

negozio di gastronomia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

delikatesy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

делікатеси
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

magazin de delicatese
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ντελικατέσεν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

delikatesse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

delikatessaffär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

delikatesseforretning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of delicatessen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELICATESSEN»

The term «delicatessen» is very widely used and occupies the 21.787 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELICATESSEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «delicatessen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «delicatessen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about delicatessen

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QUOTES WITH «DELICATESSEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delicatessen.
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Milton Berle
Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELICATESSEN»

Discover the use of delicatessen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delicatessen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Start and Run a Delicatessen
This book will tell you all you need to know to start and run your own delicatessen.
Deborah Penrith, 2009
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Mascotte 2
"Mascotte 2 delights in the fun and creative world of character design.
Cristiana Valentini, Delicatessen, Delicatessen (Firm), 2006
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Max's Wonderful Delicatessen
A would-be sculptor leaves home and sets up a studio in San Francisco's dock area.
Winifred Madison, 1972
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Delicatessen Cookbook - Burdett's Delicatessen Recipes:
A guidebook to starting your own business. Develop a Delicatessen, Farm Shop or Town store using the tips, advice and recipes provided in this useful book.
Avani Burdett
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Fashionize 2: Illustration Will Rule the World
Welcome to Fashionize 2 Illustration Will Rule the World, the newest release from Happy Books.
Delicatessen (Firm), 2007
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LSAT Logic Games
Exactly one storefront is occupied by each of the following shops: Florist, Hair Stylist, Computer Repair, Delicatessen, Vacuum Cleaner, and Optician. The following rules govern the placement of the shops: Exactly three shops are between the ...
Robert H. Webking, Jerry McLain, Clayton Holland, 2005
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The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink
German immigrants introduced the delicatessen to the United States. According to Artemas Ward, a chronicler of the nineteenthcentury grocery trade, the first delicatessen in America opened on Grand Street in New York City around 1868.
Andrew F. Smith, 2007
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The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
[fr. the Delaware river, after Thomas West, Lord Delaware (Baron De La Warr) † 1618 colonial administrator in America] delicatessen Near the end of the nineteenth century the word delicatessen began to appear in English. Its earliest sense is ...
‎1991
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Schwartz's Hebrew Delicatessen: The Story
With the eye of a social historian, Brownstein also documents and grapples with such issues as the smoked meat and pastrami debate, the food police, the perils of expansion, and language laws.
Bill Brownstein, 2010
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French Gastronomy: The History and Geography of a Passion
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Jean-Robert Pitte, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELICATESSEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delicatessen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Philly's Mike Solomonov Is The Genius of Modern Jewish …
Most, though, sprang from the roots of Eastern European Ashkenazi foods and the assimilated spinoffs that became delicatessen classics. «Eater, Jul 15»
2
Nancy's turmoil: Sven-Goran Eriksson's former lover is no longer …
She was five when her father Francesco moved the family from New York back to southern Italy where he ran a delicatessen chain in Bisceglie, ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Rat-infested deli in Worcester fined £6000 for hygiene breaches
Bartus European Delicatessen in The Tything was discovered to have fly and rat infestations and an odour of dead rodents during an ... «Worcester News, Jul 15»
4
Wheat Ridge restaurant starts 'no tipping' policy
FILE PHOTO: Waitress Sheila Abramson at Langer's Delicatessen serves customers on February 26, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: ... «9NEWS.com, Jul 15»
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Lunchtime Life in Derby: A litterbug who placed an empty drinks …
The man behind me in the queue at Morgan's Delicatessen in the eagle Market who criticised the cheese straw I bought to go with my sandwich ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
Victoria urges other states to form national ban on powdered alcohol
Coles is thinly slicing off an ever bigger share of the A$4.7bn (US$3.5bn) Australian delicatessen market, though Woolworths remains ... «FoodNavigator-Asia.com, Jul 15»
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Pharmacist apathy – or lack of knowledge and care factor?
We all complain loudly about the barista who serves cold coffee, the retail assistant who cannot smile and the delicatessen person who ... «Australian Journal of Pharmacy, Jul 15»
8
Award-winning farm shop announces exciting expansion
Macknade Fine Foods is set to open a butchery department to go with its cafe, delicatessen and food hall. The Selling Road store already offers ... «Canterbury Times, Jul 15»
9
The High List: Recommended Events for Stoners
Nearby snack: Delicatus (103 First Ave S) is self-described as "a Seattle delicatessen," and they boast a huge menu of sandwiches (and soups ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
10
Aeon interested in buying Tesco Malaysia
Coles continues to close the gap on rival Woolworths, this time taking a bigger slice of the delicatessen market, new retail research shows. «FreshPlaza, Jul 15»

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