tonique
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ.nik/
- Homophones: tonic, tonics, toniques
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek τονικός (tonikós); morphologically, from ton + -ique.
Adjective
tonique (plural toniques)
- tonic (all meanings)
Derived terms
- atonique
- eau tonique
- isotonique
- monotonique
- polytonique
- soda tonique
- tonicité
Descendants
- → Turkish: tonik
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of note tonique.
Noun
tonique f (plural toniques)
- (music) tonic, keynote
Further reading
- “tonique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.