farmácia

See also: farmacia and farmàcia

Portuguese
farmácia

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /faʁˈma.si.ɐ/ [faɦˈma.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /faʁˈma.sjɐ/ [faɦˈma.sjɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /faɾˈma.si.ɐ/ [faɾˈma.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /faɾˈma.sjɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /faʁˈma.si.ɐ/ [faʁˈma.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /faʁˈma.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /faɻˈma.si.a/ [faɻˈma.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /faɻˈma.sja/

  • Hyphenation: far‧má‧ci‧a

Noun

farmácia f (plural farmácias)

  1. a cabinet where medicine is stored
  2. pharmacy (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed)
    Synonyms: drogaria, botica
  3. (uncountable) the science of creating medicine

Hypernyms

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfarmaːt͡si̯a]

Noun

farmácia f (genitive singular farmácie, nominative plural farmácie, genitive plural farmácií, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. pharmacy

Declension
Declension of farmácia
singular plural
nominative farmácia farmácie
genitive farmácie farmácií
dative farmácii farmáciám
accusative farmáciu farmácie
locative farmácii farmáciách
instrumental farmáciou farmáciami

Further reading
  • “farmácia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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