librairie

Meaning

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)

Concepts

bookshop

bookstore

library

bookseller

bookstall

bookshelf

depository library

program library

subroutine library

toolbox

toolkit

shelf

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/li.bʁɛ.ʁi/

Etymology

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.