botica
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from French boutique, from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”).
Noun
botica f (plural botiques)
- pharmacy
- boutique
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French boutique,[1] from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of bodega and butique.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈt͡ʃi.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈt͡ʃi.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈti.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: bo‧ti‧ca
Noun
botica f (plural boticas)
- (archaic) general store (store which sells a large variety of useful things)
- Synonyms: armazém, (Rio Grande do Sul) bolicho, bodega, mercearia, venda
- (archaic) pharmacy (place where prescription drugs are dispensed)
- Synonyms: drogaria, farmácia
Related terms
- boticário
Descendants
- Papiamentu: botika
References
- “botica” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French boutique, from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Compare the Spanish doublet bodega.
Noun
botica f (plural boticas)
- drugstore, pharmacy
- Synonym: farmacia
- drug, medicament
- Synonym: medicamento
Related terms
- bodega
- boticario
- botiquín
- apoteca
Descendants
- → Basque: botika
- → Cebuano: botika
- → Papiamentu: botika
- → Tagalog: botika
Further reading
- “botica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014