"deli" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛli/ Audio: en-us-deli.ogg Forms: delis [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛli Etymology: Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|delicatessen}} Clipping of delicatessen, {{der|en|de|Delikatessen}} German Delikatessen, {{der|en|fr|délicatesse}} French délicatesse, {{der|en|la|delicatus}} Latin delicatus Head templates: {{en-noun}} deli (plural delis)
  1. (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving. Tags: informal Translations (shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving): 熟食店 (shúshídiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), delikatessebutik [common-gender] (Danish), delikatesseforretning [common-gender] (Danish), deli (Finnish), delikatessebutikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), delikatessebutikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), гастроно́м (gastronóm) [masculine] (Russian), деликате́сы (delikatɛ́sy) [masculine, plural] (Russian), delikatessaffär (Swedish), danteithfa [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-deli-en-noun-0pBcluaQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving': 96 4
  2. (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen. Tags: informal Translations (food sold at a delicatessen): deli-ruoka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-deli-en-noun-oohte0qF Disambiguation of 'food sold at a delicatessen': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deli meat

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving."
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        "(informal) Food sold at a delicatessen."
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