suppositoire
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suppositoire m (plural suppositoires)
Further reading edit
- “suppositoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- suppositorie (Anglo-Norman)
- suppositoyre (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology edit
Attested at least as early as 1377 in Bernard de Gordon's Fleur de lys en medecine. Borrowed from Latin suppositorium.
Noun edit
suppositoire oblique singular, m (oblique plural suppositoires, nominative singular suppositoires, nominative plural suppositoire)