librairie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French librairie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librāria (“library”), from liber (“book”). Sense “bookseller, bookshop” is from 16th century, and displaced “library” sense. The sense “software library” is a semantic loan from English library.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bʁɛ.ʁi/ ~ /li.bʁe.ʁi/

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Noun

librairie f (plural librairies)

1. (archaic) library (institution which holds books for use by the public)

   Synonym: bibliothèque

2. (archaic) library (collection of books)
3. bookshop, bookstore (shop that sells books)

   Synonym: bouquinerie

4. tobacconist's (shop that sells books, newspapers, cigarettes, snacks and other various items)

   Synonym: tabac

5. (programming, sometimes proscribed) library (collection of software routines)

   Synonym: bibliothèque

Derived terms

• librairie-papeterie

Related terms

• libraire

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: libreri
• → Tashelhit: lalibreri

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French librairie, from Latin librāria (“library”), from liber (“book”).

Noun

librairie f (plural librairies)

1. library (institution which holds books)
2. library (collection of books)

Descendants

• French: librairie

References

• librairie on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

Etymology

From Latin libraria, from liber (“book”).

Noun

librairie f (plural librairies)

1. (Jersey) bookshop, bookstore

Old French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin librāria (“bookcase; library”), from liber (“book”).

Noun

librairie oblique singular, f (oblique plural librairies, nominative singular librairie, nominative plural librairies)

1. library (institution which holds books)

   Synonym: libraire

2. bookcase

Descendants

• Middle French: librairie
  • French: librairie

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “librairie”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.