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A '''superette''' is an alternative name for a compact ] or "mini-mart". |
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== Etymology == |
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In French, the ''ette'' ending conveys the idea of a smaller version of a supermarket (''{{lang|fr|supermarché}}''). However, supermarket has been shortened to ''super'' - leaving ''superette'' as an unusual example of a ] and ] with no stem word.<ref>{{cite book|title=Compounds and Compounding|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=12 October 2017|author=Laurie Bauer|isbn=9781108416030 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xhs0DwAAQBAJ}}</ref> |
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== Usage == |
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The word is used in some places, particularly in New Hampshire, ], ], ], ], rural ], and the North Island of ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/Publications/Prices/food-prices-in-the-cpi-fpi.aspx|title=''...convenience stores (ie service stations, dairies, grocery stores and superettes)...'', Statistics New Zealand|website=Stats.govt.nz|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-date=23 November 2017 <!--last good--> |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123105503/https://www.stats.govt.nz/Publications/Prices/food-prices-in-the-cpi-fpi.aspx }}</ref> and is a regular expression in the French language. In France, convenience stores are usually called supérettes when those are the sole convenience stores of a small town, to portray how their supplied inventory is similar to supermarkets' but their stocking capacity is reduced to the demand of the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/histoires-economiques/histoires-economiques-15-janvier-2020|title=Les supérettes à la campagne, facteur de bien-être subjectif|website=Franceinter.fr|date=15 January 2020|author=Sophie Fay|language=fr|access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref> It is also used in ]n legislation ({{lang-sr|supereta/суперета}}) to designate grocery stores with a net area between 200 and 400 m<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/ministarstva/pravilnik/2011/47/3|title=Pravilnik o klasifikaciji trgovinskih formata|language=sr|publisher=Official Gazette of Serbia|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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{{Wiktionary|superette}} |
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