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chimiste

chemist

noun shee-MEEST Rare

Usage Note

Chimiste refers to a professional chemist or researcher in chemistry, not a pharmacy. For a pharmacy, French uses pharmacien/pharmacienne. The word is gender-variable — une chimiste for a woman — but the form does not change in spelling.

Examples

"La chimiste analyse les échantillons au laboratoire."

Natural Translation

The chemist analyses the samples in the laboratory.

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