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Translations of "library" across Europe (i.redd.it)
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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

France: librairie & bibliothèque ... Because why not both?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

librairie is a bookshop and not library.

and, yes, it's confusing.

[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Likewise in Spanish, Librería is bookstore and Biblioteca is library.