Polyglot Dictionary

apothecary

/əˈpɑːθəkɛri/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
apothecaries

Meaning

  1. boticario

    • The old apothecary sold herbal remedies.

      El viejo boticario vendía remedios de hierbas.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

chemist

Worth knowing: in British English, "chemist" also means pharmacist — don't confuse it with the Spanish "químico" (a chemistry scientist), which is the other sense of "chemist."

Similar in other languages

French

pharmacien

Close — an apothecary (old word for pharmacist) relates to a pharmacien.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa apothecary?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The old ___ sold herbal remedies.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a apothecary?

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