Femení

librairie

(Anglès)

  1. (archaic, feminine) library (institution which holds books for use by the public)
  2. (feminine) bookshop, bookstore (shop that sells books)
  3. (feminine) tobacconist's (shop that sells books, newspapers, cigarettes, snacks and other various items)
  4. (feminine, proscribed, sometimes) library (collection of software routines)

Freqüència

C1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/li.bʁɛ.ʁi/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin librāria (“library”), from liber (“book”). Sense “bookseller, bookshop” is from 16th century, and displaced “library” sense. The sense “software library” is a semantic loan from English library.

Related words

maison d’édition

kiosque à journaux

bâtiment principal

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