Minimartとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

mini- +‎ mart

名詞

minimart (複数形 minimarts)

1. A convenience store
   • 1988 July 15, Tom Valeo, “Happy Happy Good Show”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The joke is that these two men are sitting in front of a gas station that has been transformed into a minimart capable of supplying anything—even the kosher pickled herring requested by an Orthodox Jew.

   • 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck):

     I went to the minimart…It’s about a fifteen minute walk both ways. But I didn’t wanna drive cause I was really wasted.

派生した語

• → Lao: ມິນິມາກ (mi ni māk)
• → Thai: มินิมาร์ท (mí-ní-màat)