Feminine

farmacia

Meaning

  1. (countable, feminine) pharmacy (“shop”), chemist's, drugstore
  2. (feminine, uncountable) pharmacy (“science of medicinal substances”)

Concepts

chemist’s shop

chemist’s

chemist's shop

apothecary shop

apothecary’s shop

chemist’s

chemist’s shop

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
far‧ma‧cì‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/far.maˈt͡ʃi.a/
Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).

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