tunique

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tunique, from Old French tunique, borrowed from Latin tunica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.nik/
• Homophone: tuniques

Noun

tunique f (plural tuniques)

1. tunic (garment)
   • 2015 October 2, “Les tribus de la mode”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     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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2. (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)

1. (anatomy) membrane
2. tunic (garment)

Descendants

• French: tunique (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: teunique
• → Dutch: tuniek
• → English: tunic

Old French

Alternative forms

• tenicle
• tornicle
• tournike
• turnicle
• tunike
• tuniqe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tunica.

Noun

tunique oblique singular, f (oblique plural tuniques, nominative singular tunique, nominative plural tuniques)

1. tunic (garment)

Descendants

• Middle French: tunique
  • French: tunique (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: teunique
  • → Dutch: tuniek
  • → English: tunic