parapharmacie
French, noun\pa.ʁa.faʁ.ma.si\
parapharmacie is spelled P-A-R-A-P-H-A-R-M-A-C-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parapharmacie is a French feminine noun meaning “pharmacy, chemist's (UK) / drugstore (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des produits de soins et d’hygiènes qui peuvent être vendus sans prescription médicale”.
What does parapharmacie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepharmacy, chemist's (UK) / drugstore (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des produits de soins et d’hygiènes qui peuvent être vendus sans prescription médicale. 2. Point de vente de produits de soins et d’hygiènes qui peuvent être vendus sans prescription médicale.
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 parapharmacie
- parapharmacies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parapharmacie?
- \pa.ʁa.faʁ.ma.si\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parapharmacie in French?
parapharmacie appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).