"prescription" meaning in French

See prescription in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pʁɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-prescription.wav Forms: prescriptions [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French prescripcion, itself borrowed from Latin praescrīptiō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|prescripcion|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French prescripcion, {{inh+|fr|fro|prescripcion}} Inherited from Old French prescripcion, {{der|fr|la|praescrīptiō}} Latin praescrīptiō Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} prescription f (plural prescriptions)
  1. (medicine) prescription (written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-prescription-fr-noun-J1I0W-7B Categories (other): Medicine, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 41 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (law, sometimes figuratively) abandon of legal action by virtue of a statute of limitations; principle by which a person can no longer be prosecuted for a crime when a certain amount of time has elapsed Tags: feminine, figuratively, sometimes
    Sense id: en-prescription-fr-noun-rX~ABt8s Categories (other): Law, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 9 1 4 13 10 7 16 9 6 16 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 11 1 5 14 8 6 15 10 7 17 6 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 41 Topics: law
  3. (linguistics) prescription (act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-prescription-fr-noun-~rT9ocGJ Categories (other): Linguistics, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 41 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: prescriptif, imprescriptible

Inflected forms

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