delicatessen
Portuguese, noun
delicatessen is spelled D-E-L-I-C-A-T-E-S-S-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delicatessen is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “delicatessen (shop selling prepared foods)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que delicatéssen”.
What does delicatessen mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedelicatessen (shop selling prepared foods)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que delicatéssen
noun: 1. iguaria fina, petisco 2. loja que vende comidas finas e iguarias
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of delicatessen
- delicatessens plural
- delicatesse alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to delicatessen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delicatessen in Portuguese?
delicatessen appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).