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A superette is an alternative name for a compact supermarket or "mini-mart".
Etymology
In French, the ette ending conveys the idea of a smaller version of a supermarket (supermarché). However, supermarket has been shortened to super - leaving superette as an unusual example of a prefix and suffix with no stem word.
Usage
The word is used in some places, particularly in New Hampshire, Hawaii, New York City, Boston, Minnesota, and the North Island of New Zealand, 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. It is also used in Serbian legislation (Template:Lang-sr) to designate grocery stores with a net area between 200 and 400 m.
See also
References
- Laurie Bauer (12 October 2017). Compounds and Compounding. Cambridge University Press.
- "...convenience stores (ie service stations, dairies, grocery stores and superettes)..., Statistics New Zealand". Stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- Sophie Fay (15 January 2020). "Les supérettes à la campagne, facteur de bien-être subjectif". Franceinter.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- "Pravilnik o klasifikaciji trgovinskih formata" (in Serbian). Official Gazette of Serbia. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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