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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.[1]
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,[2] 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.[3] It is also used in Serbian legislation (Serbian: supereta/суперета) to designate grocery stores with a net area between 200 and 400 m2.[4]
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.