Meanings
nounconvenience store (plural convenience stores)
plural convenience stores
- A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
Ah, that's nice. They have many convenience stores there for you to stand in front of.
1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), spoken by Nazeer Choudhury (Ajay Naidu)Synonyms: minimarket, minimart, bodega, corner shop, corner store, dépanneur, konbini, pony keg
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
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Arabic بِقَالَة, مَتْجَر صَغِير
- بِقَالَة (biqāla)a small retail store
- مَتْجَر صَغِير (matjar ṣaḡīr)a small retail store
Catalan botiga de conveniència
- botiga de conveniènciaa small retail store
Chinese Cantonese 便利店, 便利商店
- 便利店a small retail store
- 便利商店 (bin⁶ lei⁶ soeng¹ dim³)a small retail store
- 小賣店 /小卖店 (siu² maai⁶ dim³)a small retail store
Chinese Mandarin 便利店, 便利商店
- 便利店 (biànlìdiàn)a small retail store
- 便利商店 (biànlì shāngdiàn)a small retail store
- 小賣店 /小卖店 (xiǎomàidiàn)a small retail store
Czech večerka
- večerkaa small retail store
Danish kiosk, nærbutik
- kioska small retail store
- nærbutika small retail store
Dutch gemakswinkel, buurtwinkel
- gemakswinkela small retail store
- buurtwinkela small retail store
- superettea small retail store
- kruideniera small retail store
- kruidenierszaaka small retail store
- avondwinkela small retail store
- nachtwinkela small retail store
Esperanto vendejeto, bazaro
- vendejetoa small retail store
- bazaroa small retail store
Estonian lähikauplus
- lähikauplusa small retail store
Finnish kulmakauppa, lähikauppa
- kulmakauppaa small retail store
- lähikauppaa small retail store
- kioskia small retail store
French supérette, épicerie
- supérettea small retail store
- épiceriea small retail store
- dépanneura small retail store
- épicerie de quartiera small retail store
- night shopa small retail store
German Kiosk, Büdchen
- Kioska small retail store
- Büdchena small retail store
- Trinkhallea small retail store
- Spätkaufa small retail store
- Spätia small retail store
- Eckladena small retail store
- Nachbarschaftsladena small retail store
- Tante-Emma-Ladena small retail store
Greek ψιλικατζίδικο, μίνι μάρκετ
- ψιλικατζίδικο (psilikatzídiko)a small retail store
- μίνι μάρκετ (míni márket)a small retail store
Hindi सुलभ दुकान, किराने की दुकान
- सुलभ दुकान (sulabh dukān)a small retail store
- किराने की दुकान (kirāne kī dukān)a small retail store
Hungarian ABC-áruház, kisbolt
- ABC-áruháza small retail store
- kisbolta small retail store
- minidiszkonta small retail store
- mini-ABCa small retail store
- éjjel-nappalia small retail store
Indonesian toko kelontong, toko swalayan
- toko kelontonga small retail store
- toko swalayana small retail store
- minimarketa small retail store
Italian minimarket, minimercato
- minimarketa small retail store
- minimercatoa small retail store
- superettea small retail store
- superettaa small retail store
- convenience storea small retail store
Japanese コンビニ, コンビニエンスストア
- コンビニ (konbini)a small retail store
- コンビニエンスストア (konbiniensu sutoa)a small retail store
- CVS (shī-bui-esu)a small retail store
Korean 편의점, 소매점
- 편의점 (pyeonuijeom)a small retail store
- 소매점 (somaejeom)a small retail store
Malay kedai serbaneka
- kedai serbanekaa small retail store
Norwegian Bokmål nærbutikk
- nærbutikka small retail store
Polish sklep ogólnospożywczy
- sklep ogólnospożywczya small retail store
Portuguese loja de conveniência
- loja de conveniênciaa small retail store
Russian вече́рний магази́н, ночно́й магази́н
- вече́рний магази́н (večérnij magazín)a small retail store
- ночно́й магази́н (nočnój magazín)a small retail store
- круглосу́точный магази́н (kruglosútočnyj magazín)a small retail store
- дежу́рный магази́н (dežúrnyj magazín)a small retail store
- мини-суперма́ркет (mini-supermárket)a small retail store
- минима́ркет (minimárket)a small retail store
Spanish pulpería, chino
- pulperíaa small retail store
- chinoa small retail store
- bodegaa small retail store
- abaceríaa small retail store
- encomenderíaa small retail store
Swedish minilivs, närbutik
- minilivsa small retail store
- närbutika small retail store
Tagalog sari-sari store
- sari-sari storea small retail store
Thai มินิมาร์ท, ร้านสะดวกซื้อ
- มินิมาร์ท (mí-ní-màat)a small retail store
- ร้านสะดวกซื้อ (ráan-sà-dùuak-sʉ́ʉ)a small retail store
Turkish bakkal, Elverişlilik mağazası
- bakkala small retail store
- Elverişlilik mağazasıa small retail store
- mahalle bakkalıa small retail store
Urdu کونے والی دُکان
- کونے والی دُکان (kone vālī dukān)a small retail store
Vietnamese tạp hoá, cửa hàng tiện lợi
- tạp hoáa small retail store
- cửa hàng tiện lợia small retail store
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