médecine
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, borrowed from Latin medicīna. Replaced the inherited Old French form mecine.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /med.sin/, /mɛd.sin/
- Rhymes: -in
Audio (file) - Homophones: médecinent, médecines
Noun edit
médecine f (plural médecines)
- medicine (field of study)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Verb edit
médecine
- inflection of médeciner:
Further reading edit
- “médecine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.