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pharmacie

pharmacy

noun far-ma-SEE Rare

Also means

medicine cabinet

Usage Note

Pharmacie refers both to the pharmacy shop and to the profession of pharmacist. In France, pharmacies display a distinctive green neon cross sign and are licensed to provide basic medical advice — a cultural institution, not just a shop. Armoire à pharmacie or simply pharmacie also means the medicine cabinet at home.

Examples

"Je vais à la pharmacie chercher des médicaments."

Natural Translation

I'm going to the pharmacy to get medicine.

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