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French
Pronunciation
Noun
suppositoire m (plural suppositoires)
- suppository
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
Attested at least as early as 1377 in Bernard de Gordon's Fleur de lys en medecine. Borrowed from Latin suppositorium.
Noun
suppositoire oblique singular, m (oblique plural suppositoires, nominative singular suppositoires, nominative plural suppositoire)
- suppository