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feminine
/faɾˈmaθja/
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Translation
chemist's, pharmacy
Word origin
From Late Latin pharmacia, borrowed from Greek pharmakeia ('use of drugs or medicine'), from pharmakon ('drug, remedy, poison'). The same Greek root lies behind English pharmacy and pharmacology.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- pharmakeia
- English cognates
- pharmacy, pharmacology
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralfarmacias
Examples
.
The chemist's is open until ten at night.
jarabe.
I need to go to the chemist's to buy some cough syrup.
¿ cercana?
Where is the nearest pharmacy?
pastillas .
At the pharmacy they gave me some tablets for the pain.
Muchas .
Many pharmacies sell beauty products.
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