tonique

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔ.nik/
Homophones: tonic, tonics, toniques
Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τονικός (tonikós); morphologically, from ton +‎ -ique.

Adjective

tonique (plural toniques)

tonic (all meanings)

Derived terms

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.

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