dispensaire
French, noun/dis.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/
dispensaire is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dispensaire is a French masculine noun meaning “dispensary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Établissement médical où l’on donne des soins et des remèdes aux indigents”.
What does dispensaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedispensary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Établissement médical où l’on donne des soins et des remèdes aux indigents. 2. Établissement public où s'organise la prophylaxie de certaines maladies.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dispensaire
- dispensaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dispensaire?
- /dis.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/
- \dis.pɑ̃.sɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dispensaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dispensaire in French?
dispensaire appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).