pharmacies
USFAR-muh-seez/ˈfɑɹməsiz/UKFAH-muh-seez/ˈfɑːməsiz/
- 1Plural of pharmacy.
Several pharmacies reported shortages of the new vaccine last winter.
The chain operates hundreds of pharmacies across the region.
Note
Only one meaning of the singular takes a plural: the shop or counter where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed. The science of medicinal substances and the pharmacist's occupation are uncountable, so "studying pharmacies" reads as a slip for "studying pharmacy." The spelling follows the regular rule for a consonant before final -y: the y becomes i and takes -es.
pharmacies is a form of pharmacy
pharmacy, noun: A store or counter where prescription drugs are sold and dispensed. Full entry
- Forms
- pharmacypharmacies plural
- Spelling
- pharmacy → pharmacies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with pharmacies, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.