suppositoire

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

suppositoire m (plural suppositoires)

1. suppository

Further reading

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• suppositorie (Anglo-Norman)
• suppositoyre (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Attested at least as early as 1377 in Bernard de Gordon's Fleur de lys en medecine. Borrowed from Latin suppositorium.

Noun

suppositoire oblique singular, m (oblique plural suppositoires, nominative singular suppositoires, nominative plural suppositoire)

1. suppository