pratique

See also: pratiqué

English

Etymology

Originated 1600—10. Borrowed from French pratique, from Medieval Latin practica. Doublet of practice.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɹæˈtiːk/
(US) IPA^(key): /pɹæˈtik/, /pɹəˈtik/

Noun

pratique (countable and uncountable, plural pratiques)

(nautical) Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.
- 1615, George Sandys, “The First Booke”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, OCLC 25923553, pages 5–6:
  It is here a cuſtome ſtrictly obſerued (as alſo elſevvhere vvithin the Streights belonging to the Chriſtians) not to ſuffer any to trafficke or come aſhore before they haue a Pratticke from the Signoirs of Health: vvhich vvill not be granted vntill forty dayes after their arriuall, […] Notvvithſtanding, they vpon requeſt vvill carry you to the Lazaretto (vvhich is in the nature of a Peſt-houſe) there to abide vntill the date be expired. But if any fall ſicke amongſt them in the meane ſeaſon, their Pratticke is accordingly prolonged. A great inconuenience to the Merchants, but at Venice intollerable: vvhere vvhen they haue Pratticke, they are enforced to vnlade at the Lazaretto.
(obsolete) Practice; habits.
- R. North
  one of English education and pratique

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pratique in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

References

Pratique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“pratique”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“pratique”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin practica.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁa.tik/
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Adjective

pratique (plural pratiques)

practical, applied (concerning action or intervention of human will on the real to change it)
Synonym: appliqué
Antonyms: spéculatif, théorique
concrete, practical
Synonym: concret
Antonym: abstrait
belonging to the everyday or mundane
Synonyms: commun, quotidien
experienced
convenient; handy
Antonym: incommode
Cette télécommande est vraiment pratique. ― This remote control is really convenient.

Derived terms

en pratique
pratiquement

Noun

pratique f (plural pratiques)

practice
execution or implementation (of something)
methods, process, way (of doing or achieving something)
set of customs in a country or group of people
C'est la pratique de ce pays. ― Those are the customs of this country.
experience
C'est un homme qui a la pratique des affaires. ― This is a man with business experience.
act of frequenting
Il a beaucoup gagné à la pratique de la bonne société. ― He’s gained a lot by frequenting good people.
clientele, regular clients
La pratique n'afflue pas à ce magasin. ― Customers don't flow to that store.
Vous me servez mal, vous n’aurez plus ma pratique. ― You’re serving me poorly, you're going to lose my business.
(nautical) freedom to board or disembark (as opposed to quarantine)
On donna pratique à ce navire après qu'il eut fait la quarantaine. ― We gave freedom to board or disembark to the ship after it went through quarantine.
a steel or tin instrument placed in one's mouth to change one's voice during puppet ventriloquism

Derived terms

bonne pratique
mettre en pratique

Descendants

→ English: practique
→ Romanian: practică

Verb

pratique

inflection of pratiquer:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

References

“pratique” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
“pratique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

repiquât

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

pratique f (plural pratiques)

(Jersey) practice

Portuguese

Verb

pratique

inflection of praticar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative