farmácia

See also: farmacia and farmàcia

Portuguese

farmácia

Alternative forms

• pharmácia, pharmacia (obsolete)

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]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐɾˈma.sjɐ/

• 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

• (science of creating medicine): farmacologia

Related terms

• farmacêutico
• farmacodinâmica
• farmacografia
• farmacográfico
• farmacologia
• farmacológico
• farmacologista
• farmacopeia
• farmacotecnia
• farmacotécnico

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfarmaːt͡si̯a]

Noun

farmácia f (related adjective farmaceutický)

1. pharmacy (science)

   Synonym: lekárnictvo

Declension

Declension of farmácia (pattern ulica)

	singular
nominative	farmácia
genitive	farmácie
dative	farmácii
accusative	farmáciu
locative	farmácii
instrumental	farmáciou

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, 2003–2024