"medicine, medication" in seven languages

Meaningmedicine, medication

Spanish

medicamento

/medikaˈmento/

masc.learned

French

médicament

/medikamɑ̃/

masc.learned

Italian

medicina

/mediˈtʃina/

fem.other source · Latin MEDICĪNAM 'the healing art; remedy' (learned)

Also farmaco.

Portuguese

remédio

/heˈmɛdʒju/

masc.other source · Latin REMEDIUM 'cure' (learned)

medicamento exists but sounds clinical; Brazilians say remédio.

Romanian

medicament

/medikaˈment/

neut.borrowed · French médicament

Catalan

medicament

/mədikəˈmen/

masc.learned

English

medicine

/ˈmɛdəsən/

other source · Old French medecine (Latin MEDICĪNAM)

Same root as MEDICĀMENTUM; 'medicament' is the exact match.

English → Italianmedicine, medicationmedicinaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: medicament, medicine.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MEDICĀMENTUM‘remedy, drug’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish and French call a pill or syrup a medicamento / médicament; Italian, like English, usually says medicina — which in Spanish and French mostly means the science.

English relatives: medicament, medicine

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In a sentence

esTome este medicamento tres veces al día.
frPrenez ce médicament trois fois par jour.
itPrenda questa medicina tre volte al giorno.
ptTome este remédio três vezes por dia.
roLuați acest medicament de trei ori pe zi.
caPreneu aquest medicament tres vegades al dia.
enTake this medicine three times a day.

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