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Friday, January 15, 2016

French word of the day - physique

Good physique is a word which is good French and good English. This French word of the day was found in an online newspaper article from a UK publication: physique. The word means your general shape and implied fitness. Better physique is better shape.

I also read a comment from a reader, au contraire (to the, or more correctly, on the contrary).

I looked up words which end with French suffix i q u e .

I could think of pique (pick - prickly, annoyance) and the French version of Monica, Monique.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:French_words_suffixed_with_-ique

alcoolique - alcoholic
alphabetique - alphabetical
arthritique - arthritic
artistique - artistic

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, researcher, English teacher and author.