botica

Borrowed from French boutique, from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”).

• IPA^(key): /boˈtika/, [boˈt̪i.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: bo‧ti‧ca

botica f (plural botiques)

1. pharmacy
2. boutique

Borrowed from French boutique,^[1] from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of adega, apoteca, bodega, and butique.

• Hyphenation: bo‧ti‧ca

botica f (plural boticas)

1. (archaic) general store (store which sells a large variety of useful things)

   Synonyms: armazém, (Rio Grande do Sul) bolicho, bodega, mercearia, venda

2. (archaic) pharmacy (place where prescription drugs are dispensed)

   Synonyms: drogaria, farmácia

• boticário

• Papiamentu: botika

Borrowed from French boutique, from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of apoteca, bodega, and boutique.

• IPA^(key): /boˈtika/ [boˈt̪i.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: bo‧ti‧ca

botica f (plural boticas)

1. drugstore, pharmacy

   Synonym: farmacia

2. drug, medicament

   Synonym: medicamento

• → Basque: botika
• → Bikol Central: botika
• → Cebuano: botika
• → Papiamentu: botika
• → Tagalog: botika

• “botica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28