Feminine
librairie
- (archaic, feminine) library (institution which holds books for use by the public)
- (feminine) bookshop, bookstore (shop that sells books)
- (feminine) tobacconist's (shop that sells books, newspapers, cigarettes, snacks and other various items)
- (feminine, proscribed, sometimes) library (collection of software routines)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/li.bʁɛ.ʁi/
Etymology
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
Buchhandlung
libreria
librería
livraria księgarnia
boekwinkel
βιβλιοπωλείο
llibreria
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