pharmacy
/ˈfɑːməsi/FAHR-muh-see
/ˈfɑɹməsi/FAHR-muh-see
Meaningdrugs
Common meaning: a shop selling medicines
- pharma drug, remedyLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 855 · scan
- acynoun ending marking a quality or condition
Journey through time
- Greekφάρμακον‘a drug, remedy’
- Latinpharmacia
- Frenchfarmacie
- Middle Englishfermacysource
- Englishpharmacy‘a shop selling medicines’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Greek φάρμακον ‘a drug, remedy’.
Roots
- φάρμακον Greek “a drug, remedy”
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app