farmacia

See also: farmàcia and farmácia

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

farmacia f (plural farmacies)

1. pharmacy (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed)

   Synonym: botica

2. pharmacy (science of medicinal substances)

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /far.maˈt͡ʃi.a/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: far‧ma‧cì‧a

Noun

farmacia f (plural farmacie)

1. (pharmacy) pharmacy (shop), chemist's, drugstore
2. pharmacy (science of medicinal substances)

Related terms

• farmaceutico
• farmacista
• farmacistico
• farmaco
• farmacologia
• farmacopea
• farmacoterapia

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

farmacia f (plural farmacias)

1. pharmacy

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faɾˈmaθja/ [faɾˈma.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /faɾˈmasja/ [faɾˈma.sja]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: far‧ma‧cia

Noun

farmacia f (plural farmacias)

1. drugstore, pharmacy

   Synonyms: botica, droguería, despacho de farmacia, oficina de farmacia

2. pharmacy (science of medicinal substances)

Derived terms

• farmacia de guardia

 

Related terms

• farmacéutico
• farmacología

 

Further reading

• “farmacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014