tunique

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tunique, from Old French tunique, borrowed from Latin tunica.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ty.nik/
Homophone: tuniques

Noun

tunique f (plural tuniques)

tunic (garment)
- 2015 October 2, “Les tribus de la mode”, in Le Monde‎:
  Il y a beaucoup idées dans sa collection : mini-robe bustier à micro-œillets, tunique façon combinaison de moto, combishort en éponge, jupe en maille métallique… le créateur va devoir choisir quelques codes forts et précis pour fédérer durablement.
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(anatomy) membrane

Derived terms

tunique de Nessus

Descendants

→ Romanian: tunică
→ Turkish: tunik

Further reading

“tunique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

tunicque

Etymology

From Old French tunique, borrowed from Latin tunica.

Noun

tunique f (plural tuniques)

(anatomy) membrane
tunic (garment)

Descendants

French: tunique (see there for further descendants)
Norman: teunique
→ Dutch: tuniek
→ English: tunic

Old French

Alternative forms

tenicle
tornicle
tournike
turnicle
tunike
tuniqe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tunica.

Noun

tunique oblique singular, f (oblique plural tuniques, nominative singular tunique, nominative plural tuniques)

tunic (garment)

Descendants

Middle French: tunique
- French: tunique (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: teunique
- → Dutch: tuniek
- → English: tunic

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