different between apothecary vs bodega

English

Etymology

From Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothecarius (“storekeeper”), from apotheca (“shop, store”), earlier Latin apotheca (“repository, storehouse, warehouse”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (apoth?k?, “a repository, storehouse”), from ??? (apó, “away”) + ?????? (títh?mi, “to put”) literally "a place where things are put away".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p???k??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p????k???i/

Noun

apothecary (plural apothecaries)

1. (dated) A person who makes and provides/sells drugs and/or medicines.
2. (nonstandard, dated) A drugstore or pharmacy.
   • 1919, S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in Soviet Russia, volume 1, number 27, page 6:

     The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.

   • 1998, Karen Holliday Tanner, Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, University of Oklahoma Press (2001), ?ISBN, pages 205–206:

     He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the apothecary at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street.

   • 2001, Audrey Horning, “Archeology and the Science of Discovery”, in Barbara Heath et al., Jamestown Archeological Assessment, U.S. National Parks Service, page 31:

     Seeds found in a 1630s refuse-filled clay borrow pit, located near an apothecary, illustrate colonists^{[sic, meaning colonists’]} intense interest in experimenting with the medicinal qualities of New World plants.

3. A glass jar similar to those once used for medicine.

Synonyms

• (person who makes and sells drugs): druggist, pharmacist, chemist
• (store that sells drugs): drugstore; pharmacy; apothecary's shop, apothecary's (UK)

Translations

Related terms

Further reading

• apothecary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• apothecary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• apothecary at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “apothecary”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (apoth?k?, “storehouse”). Doublet of boutique.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bo??de???/

Noun

bodega (plural bodegas)

1. A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
2. A store specializing in Hispanic groceries.
3. (slang, New York City) Any convenience store.
4. (slang, Southwestern United States) Any small or medium sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.
5. (Philippines) A warehouse.

See also

• apothecary
• boutique

Catalan

Etymology

Attested 1653, borrowed from Spanish bodega. Doublet of botiga.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /bo?d?.??/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bu?d?.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /bo?d?.?a/

Noun

bodega m (plural bodegues)

1. (nautical) hold (the cargo area of a ship)

References

Further reading

• “bodega” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bodega” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bodega” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish bodega, from Latin apoth?ca, from Ancient Greek ??????? (apoth?k?). Doublet of botika and botik.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bo?de?ga

Noun

bodega

1. a storeroom
2. a warehouse

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apoth?ca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (apoth?k?, “storehouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo??d??a?/
• Hyphenation: bo?de?ga

Noun

bodega f (plural bodega's, diminutive bodegaatje n)

1. bodega, winery, wine bar
2. bodega, storeroom, cellar

Related terms

• apotheek
• boetiek

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish bodega, from Latin apoth?ca, from Ancient Greek ??????? (apoth?k?).

Noun

bodéga

1. cellar, storeroom, warehouse

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin apoth?ca, from Ancient Greek ??????? (apoth?k?, “storehouse”). Doublet of botica and butique.

Noun

bodega f (plural bodegas)

1. A small, cheap and possibly insalubrious tavern

   Synonym: baiuca

2. (Brazil) A small warehouse
3. Anything considered worthless, useless or somewhat very bad

Derived terms

• bodegueiro

References

• dicio.com definition

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin apoth?ca, from Ancient Greek ??????? (apoth?k?, “storehouse”). Compare the borrowed doublet apoteca, as well as botica, through a French intermediate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?de?a/, [bo?ð?e.??a]

Noun

bodega f (plural bodegas)

1. cellar
2. winery
3. stockroom, storeroom
4. (US) corner store owned by Hispanics
5. (Cuba) grocery store (typically owned by the government)
6. (nautical) hold (space in ship)

Hyponyms

• bodega de carga (“cargo bay”) (esp. for planes and spacecrafts)

Derived terms

• bodeguero m
• bodegón m
• embodegar

Related terms

• apoteca
• botica

Descendants

• ? Catalan: bodega
• ? Cebuano: bodega
• ? Danish: bodega
• ? Dutch: bodega
• ? English: bodega
• ? French: bodéga
• ? German: Bodega
• ? Hiligaynon: bodega
• ? Tagalog: bodega

References

• “bodega” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apoth?ca, from Ancient Greek ??????? (apoth?k?). Doublet of botika.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bo?de?ga
• IPA^(key): /bo?d??a/, [bo?d???]

Noun

bodega

1. storeroom
2. warehouse