farmacia

See also: farmàcia and farmácia

Asturian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”)

Noun

farmacia f (plural farmacies)

1. pharmacy (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed)

   Synonym: botica

2. pharmacy (science of medicinal substances)

Galician

Alternative forms

• farmácia (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φᾰρμᾰκείᾱ (phărmăkeíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /faɾˈmaθja/ [faɾˈma.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /faɾˈmaθja/ [faɾˈma.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /faɾˈmasja/ [faɾˈma.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -aθja

• Rhymes: -aθja
• Rhymes: -asja

• Hyphenation: far‧ma‧cia

Noun

farmacia f (plural farmacias)

1. pharmacy (science that deals with studying and preparing medicines)
2. pharmacy (establishment where medicines are prepared and sold)

   Synonym: botica

   • 1996, Xavier López Rodríguez, Días de desterro, Edicións Xerais de Galicia, →ISBN:

     Marchei á tenda, que é tamén a farmacia, cun burato no estómago e unha enorme sensación de ser un verdadeiro canalla con ela e un parvo comigo.

     I left for the store, which is also the pharmacy, with a hole in my stomach and a huge feeling of being a real scoundrel to her and a fool to myself.

Related terms

adjectives

• farmacéutico

nouns

• farmacéutico m, farmacéutica f

Further reading

• “farmacia” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
• “farmacia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “farmacia” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /far.maˈt͡ʃi.a/

• Audio (una farmacia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: far‧ma‧cì‧a

Noun

farmacia f (countable and uncountable, plural farmacie)

1. (countable, pharmacy) pharmacy (“shop”), chemist's, drugstore
2. (uncountable) pharmacy (“science of medicinal substances”)

Related terms

• farmaceutico
• farmacista
• farmacistico
• farmaco
• farmacologia
• farmacopea
• farmacoterapia

Occitan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

farmacia f (plural farmacias)

1. pharmacy

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faɾˈmaθja/ [faɾˈma.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /faɾˈmasja/ [faɾˈma.sja]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aθja
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: far‧ma‧cia

Noun

farmacia f (plural farmacias)

1. drugstore, pharmacy

   Synonyms: botica, droguería, despacho de farmacia, oficina de farmacia

2. pharmacy (science of medicinal substances)

Derived terms

• farmacia de guardia

Related terms

• farmacéutico
• farmacología

Further reading

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