librairie
French edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
librairie f (plural librairies)
- (archaic) library (institution which holds books for use by the public)
- Synonym: bibliothèque
- bookshop, bookstore (shop that sells books)
- Synonym: bouquinerie
- tobacconist's (shop that sells books, newspapers, cigarettes, snacks and other various items)
- Synonym: tabac
- (programming, proscribed) library (collection of software routines)
- Synonym: bibliothèque
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Further reading edit
- “librairie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Latin libraria, from liber (“book”).
Noun edit
librairie f (plural librairies)