pharmacie
French
Etymology
From Old French farmacie, borrowed from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faʁ.ma.si/
Audio (RP) (file) - Homophone: pharmacies
Noun
pharmacie f (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacies)
- pharmacy, drugstore
- (uncountable) pharmacy (science of medicinal substances)
Derived terms
- armoire à pharmacie
Further reading
- “pharmacie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.