médecine

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

• IPA^(key): /med.sin/

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• Homophones: médecinent, médecines

médecine f (plural médecines)

1. medicine (field of study)

• médicament
• médecin

médecine

1. first-person singular present indicative of médeciner
2. third-person singular present indicative of médeciner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of médeciner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of médeciner
5. second-person singular imperative of médeciner

• “médecine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).