librairie

Significado (English)

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

Synonyms

bibliothèque

étagère

libraire

maison d’édition

kiosque à journaux

bâtiment principal

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/li.bʁɛ.ʁi/

Etimoloxía (English)

Borrowed from latín: librāria

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.