librairie

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin librāria (“library”), from liber (“book”). Sense “bookseller, bookshop” is from 16th century, and displaced “library” sense. The sense “software library” is a semantic loan from English library.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bʁɛ.ʁi/ ~ /li.bʁe.ʁi/

• Audio:

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Noun

librairie f (plural librairies)

1. (archaic) library (institution which holds books for use by the public)

   Synonym: bibliothèque

2. bookshop, bookstore (shop that sells books)

   Synonym: bouquinerie

3. tobacconist's (shop that sells books, newspapers, cigarettes, snacks and other various items)

   Synonym: tabac

4. (programming, sometimes proscribed) library (collection of software routines)

   Synonym: bibliothèque

Derived terms

• librairie-papeterie

Related terms

• libraire

Further reading

• “librairie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin libraria, from liber (“book”).

Noun

librairie f (plural librairies)

1. (Jersey) bookshop, bookstore