librairie
French, noun/li.bʁɛ.ʁi/
librairie is spelled L-I-B-R-A-I-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Librairie is a French feminine noun meaning “bookshop, bookstore (shop that sells books)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Commerce où l’on vend des livres”.
What does librairie mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininelibrary (institution which holds books for use by the public)
- 2
archaicfemininelibrary (collection of books)
- 3
femininebookshop, bookstore (shop that sells books)
- 4
femininetobacconist's (shop that sells books, newspapers, cigarettes, snacks and other various items)
- 5
feminineproscribedlibrary (collection of software routines)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Commerce où l’on vend des livres. 2. Profession de libraire. 3. Bibliothèque. Cette acception s’est conservée longtemps dans les actes publics. 4. Bibliothèque de sous-programmes.
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 librairie
- librairies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce librairie?
- /li.bʁɛ.ʁi/
- /li.bʁe.ʁi/
- \li.bʁɛ.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to librairie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is librairie in French?
librairie appears 14 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).