drugstore

See also: drug store

English

Alternative forms

• drug store

Etymology

From drug +‎ store.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) enPR: drŭg'stôr, IPA^(key): /ˈdɹʌɡ.stoɹ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹʌɡ.stɔː(ɹ)/

  • Audio (UK):

    (file)

Noun

drugstore (plural drugstores)

1. (chiefly US, Canada) Synonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.

Usage notes

• Generally not used for pharmacies included within a larger store, run as a department within a hospital, etc.

Derived terms

• drugstore beetle
• drugstore cowboy
• drugstore dice
• drugstore die

Translations

pharmacy — see also pharmacy

• Spanish: droguería (es) f

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

Noun

drugstore m (plural drugstores)

1. (anglicism) drugstore

Further reading

• “drugstore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English drugstore.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾŭɡsˈtoʁ/ [dɾŭɡsˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾŭɡsˈtoʁ/ [dɾŭɡsˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /dɾŭɡsˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /dɾŭɡʃˈtoʁ/ [dɾŭɡʃˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾŭɡsˈtoɻ/

Noun

drugstore m (plural drugstores)

1. drugstore

   Synonym: farmácia

Further reading

• “drugstore”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “drugstore”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “drugstore”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “drugstore”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2025
• “drugstore”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English drugstore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾaɡstoɾ/ [ˈd̪ɾaɣ̞s.t̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡstoɾ
• IPA^(key): /dɾaɡsˈtoɾ/ [d̪ɾaɣ̞sˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: drug‧store

Noun

drugstore m (plural drugstores)

1. drugstore

   Synonym: farmacia

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “drugstore”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024