🇫🇷 French

pharmacie

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la pharmacie

pharmacy

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pharmacie
/la faʁmasi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pharmacie in French?

IPA
/la faʁmasi/

How do you pronounce pharmacie in French?

pharmacie is pronounced /la faʁmasi/ in French.

Example sentences

La pharmacie nouvelle près de mon école est très moderne et bien organisée.

The new pharmacy near my school is very modern and well-organized.

Cette petite pharmacie familiale a fermé ses portes après cinquante ans d'activité.

This small family pharmacy closed its doors after fifty years of operation.

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Why is it feminine?

Pharmacie is feminine because it derives from the Latin "pharmacia," which was feminine in Latin (based on the Greek feminine noun "pharmakeia"), and French preserved this grammatical gender when adopting the word. The feminine ending "-ie" in French also reinforces this classification, as words with this suffix are typically feminine.

What is the French word for pharmacy?

The French word for pharmacy is la pharmacie — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianfarmacialafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefarmáciaafeminine

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