médecine

See also: medecine and médeciné

French

Etymology

From Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, borrowed from Latin medicīna. Replaced the inherited Old French form mecine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /med.sin/ ~ /mɛd.sin/

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• Homophones: médecinent, médecines

Noun

médecine f (plural médecines)

1. medicine (field of study)

Related terms

• médicament
• médecin

Verb

médecine

1. first-person singular present indicative of médeciner
2. third-person singular present indicative of médeciner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of médeciner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of médeciner
5. second-person singular imperative of médeciner

Further reading

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