delicatessen

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛlɪkəˈtɛsən/

delicatessen (plural delicatessens)

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

• deli

delicatessen pl (plural only)

1. Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

• delicacy

• delicateness

• delicatesse

delicatessen f (plural delicatessens)

1. delicatessen (shop selling prepared foods)

Borrowed from English delicatessen, from German Delikatessen.

• IPA^(key): /delikaˈtesen/, [d̪elikaˈt̪esẽn]

delicatessen f (plural delicatessens)

1. delicatessen

• delicatesen

• “delicatessen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.