delicatessen

== English == === Alternative forms === delikatessen === 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/ === Noun === delicatessen (plural delicatessens) A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving. ==== Derived terms ==== deli ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: delicatessen, delicatesen ==== Translations ==== === Noun === delicatessen pl (plural only) Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods. ==== Related terms ==== delicacy ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === delicateness == Dutch == === Etymology === First attested 1642 [1]. Plural of delicatesse (“fine food”), from French délicatesse, from délicat (“fine”), from Latin delicatus (“alluring”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === delicatessen delicacies, fine food plural of delicatesse ==== Synonyms ==== lekkernijen === Further reading === Chronological dictionary of the Dutch language Etymologiebank.nl == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === delicatesse === Noun === delicatessen f (plural delicatessens) delicatessen (shop selling prepared foods) === Further reading === “delicatessen”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English delicatessen, from German Delikatessen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /delikaˈtesen/ [d̪e.li.kaˈt̪e.sẽn] Rhymes: -esen Syllabification: de‧li‧ca‧tes‧sen === Noun === delicatessen f (plural delicatessens) 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== delicatesen === Further reading === “delicatessen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025