Kilo Lingo

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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

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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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This word is part of lesson 68.