médecine
/med.sin/
la
noun
A2
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
Worth distinguishing: a médicament is a specific drug; médecine is the broader field/practice.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
medicamento is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "medicine."
Practice
1 What does médecine mean?
medicine
2 Fill the gap: Il étudie la ___ depuis six ans.
Full sentence: Il étudie la médecine depuis six ans. (He has been studying medicine for six years.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches médecine?
médecine: neutral register, core frequency, medical domain, neutral connotation.
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