médecine

See also: medecine and médeciné

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, borrowed from Latin medicīna. Replaced the inherited Old French form mecine.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /med.sin/, /mɛd.sin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophones: médecinent, médecines

Noun

médecine f (plural médecines)

  1. medicine (field of study)

Derived terms

Verb

médecine

  1. inflection of médeciner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading
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