French

Noun

suppositoire m ‎(plural suppositoires)

1. suppository

Old French

Alternative forms

• suppositorie (Anglo-Norman)
• suppositoyre (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Attested at least as early as 1303 in Bernard de Gordon's Fleur de lys en medecine. Borrowing from Latin suppositorium.

Noun

suppositoire m ‎(oblique plural suppositoires, nominative singular suppositoires, nominative plural suppositoire)

1. suppository