arctique

See also: Arctique

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French arctique, borrowed from Latin arcticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (usual pronunciation) /aʁ.tik/
• IPA^(key): (careful speech) /aʁk.tik/

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Adjective

arctique (plural arctiques)

1. (geography, relational) of the Arctic; Arctic

Usage notes

• The letter "c" is usually mute in common speech (since spoken French strongly tends to avoid consonant clusters with more than two elements), but is pronounced (more or less intentionally) in careful speech.

Derived terms

• lièvre arctique
• océan Arctique

 

Further reading

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

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