pharmacie

Inherited from Old French farmacie, borrowed from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).

• IPA^(key): /faʁ.ma.si/, (proscribed but common) /fɔʁ.ma.si/

• Audio (RP):

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• Homophone: pharmacies

pharmacie f (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacies)

1. pharmacy, drugstore
3. (uncountable) pharmacy (science of medicinal substances)

• armoire à pharmacie

• “pharmacie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.