Nouns ending in -ie are usually feminine.
The suffix often names an abstract quality, an activity, or a discipline.
Il y a pénurie d'encre d'imprimerie.
Printing ink is in short supply.
Remplir en caractères d'imprimerie, s'il vous plaît.
Please fill in using block letters.
Johannes Gutenberg a inventé l'imprimerie au quinzième siècle.
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the fifteenth century.
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