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Weird! :-O This is what I get: 1: ready-to-eat food products (as cooked meats and prepared salads) 2: sing, pl delicatessens [delicatessen (store)] : a sto

Weird! :-O This is what I get: 1: ready-to-eat food products (as cooked meats and prepared salads) 2: sing, pl delicatessens [delicatessen (store)] : a store where delicatessen are sold

roywiggins 10y ago
It's fine as a modifier ("it's a delicatessen salad") but not on its own ("it's a delicatessen")
- mrkgnao 10y ago
  Delicatessen is also plural in German if you use it to mean "delicacy", instead of an adjective ("chai tea"-style).
- psyc 10y ago
  False. It's fine as a noun if you leave off the article, which OP did.