médecine
French
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editmédecine f (plural médecines)
- medicine (field of study)
Derived terms
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editVerb
editmédecine
- inflection of médeciner:
Further reading
edit- “médecine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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