-ique
Appearance
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old French -ique, borrowed from Latin -icum.
Suffix
[edit]-ique (plural -iques)
Etymology 2
[edit]Substantivised feminine of the adjective.
Suffix
[edit]-ique f (uncountable)
- forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice: -ics
- aéro- (“aero-”) + -naute (“-naut”) + -ique → aéronautique f (“aeronautics”)
Derived terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ique
- Alternative form of -ik
Old French
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ique
- used to form adjectives; -ic
Descendants
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- French terms inherited from Old French
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- French feminine suffixes
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- Old French terms derived from Latin
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