-ique

• IPA^(key): /ik/

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Inherited from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, a learned borrowing from Latin -icus, from -cus, from Proto-Italic *-kos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

-ique (adjective-forming suffix, plural -iques)

1. forms adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical, -ish, -ly

Substantivised feminine of the adjective.

-ique f (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

1. forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice: -ics

   ‎aéro- (“aero-”) + ‎-naute (“-naut”) + ‎-ique → ‎aéronautique f (“aeronautics”)

-ique

1. alternative form of -ik

Inherited from Old French -ique, a learned borrowing from Latin -icus, from -cus, from Proto-Italic *-kos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

-ique

1. used to form adjectives; -ic

• French: -ique

• -ique on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Learned borrowing from Latin -icus, from -cus, from Proto-Italic *-kos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

-ique

1. used to form adjectives; -ic

• Middle French: -ique
  • French: -ique
• → Middle English: -ik, -ike, -ique, -ic, -ice
  • English: -ic