farmácia

See also: farmacia and farmàcia

Portuguese

farmácia

Alternative forms

• pharmácia, pharmacia (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faʁˈma.si.ɐ/ [faɦˈma.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /faʁˈma.sjɐ/ [faɦˈma.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faʁˈma.si.ɐ/ [faɦˈma.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /faʁˈma.sjɐ/ [faɦˈma.sjɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /faɾˈma.si.ɐ/ [faɾˈma.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /faɾˈma.sjɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /faʁˈma.si.ɐ/ [faʁˈma.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /faʁˈma.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faɻˈma.si.a/ [faɻˈma.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /faɻˈma.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐɾˈma.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: far‧má‧ci‧a

Noun

farmácia f (plural farmácias)

1. a cabinet where medicine is stored
2. pharmacy (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed)

   Synonyms: drogaria, botica

3. (uncountable) the science of creating medicine

Hypernyms

• (science of creating medicine): farmacologia

Related terms

• farmacêutico
• farmacodinâmica
• farmacografia
• farmacográfico
• farmacologia
• farmacológico
• farmacologista
• farmacopeia
• farmacotecnia
• farmacotécnico

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfarmaːt͡si̯a]

Noun

farmácia f (genitive singular farmácie, nominative plural farmácie, genitive plural farmácií, declension pattern of ulica)

1. pharmacy

Declension

Declension of farmácia

	singular	plural
nominative	farmácia	farmácie
genitive	farmácie	farmácií
dative	farmácii	farmáciám
accusative	farmáciu	farmácie
locative	farmácii	farmáciách
instrumental	farmáciou	farmáciami

Further reading

• “farmácia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024