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Definition of delicatessen noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

delicatessen

noun
 
/ˌdelɪkəˈtesn/
 
/ˌdelɪkəˈtesn/
(also deli)
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  1. a shop or part of one that sells cooked meats and cheeses, and special or unusual foods that come from other countriesTopics Shoppingc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDelicatessen is used before these nouns:
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    Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally US, denoting prepared foods for sale): from German Delikatessen or Dutch delicatessen, from French délicatesse ‘delicateness’, from délicat or Latin delicatus, of unknown origin.
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