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noun, feminine

librairie

/li.bʁɛ.ʁi/

noun, feminine/li.bʁɛ.ʁi/plural: librairies

library (institution which holds books for use by the public); library (collection of books); bookshop, bookstore (shop that sells books); tobacconist's (shop that sells books, newspapers, cigarettes, snacks and other various items); library (collection of software routines)

Synonyms: bibliothèque, bouquinerie, tabac

Inherited from Middle French librairie, from Old French librairie, 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.