tunique
French
Etymology
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
- → Dutch: tuniek
- → English: tunic
- French: tunique
- → Romanian: tunică
- → Turkish: tunik
- Norman: teunique
Old French
Alternative forms
- tenicle
- tornicle
- tournike
- turnicle
- tunike
- tuniqe
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tunica.
Noun
tunique f (oblique plural tuniques, nominative singular tunique, nominative plural tuniques)
- tunic (garment)
Descendants
- Middle French: tunique
- → Dutch: tuniek
- → English: tunic
- French: tunique
- → Romanian: tunică
- → Turkish: tunik
- Norman: teunique