critique

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adjective 2.4 Noun 2.5 Related terms 3 Spanish 3.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From French critique < New Latin critica (“‘critique’”), prop. fem. of criticus (“‘critical’”); see critic. But this Latin word comes from the Greek: Krinô, first meaning: to separate, put asunder, distinguish, this all in order to be able (second or third meaning) to judge something fairly. (See external link)

The most prominent philosopher of the Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant used the word in this original Greek meaning when he wrote his three "Critiques" (The critique of pure reason, the critique of praktical reason and the critique of judgement), there he criticises (meaning: analyses, putting things asunder etc.) those three modi of the human mind.

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• (RP) IPA: /kɹɪˈtiːk/
• IPA: /kri.tik/
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[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

critique (plural critiques)

1. Essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.

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• critic

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to critique (third-person singular simple present critiques, present participle critiquing, simple past and past participle critiqued)

1. (US) To review something.

   I want you to critique this new idea of mine.

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• critique in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• critique in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Krinô in classical Greek http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2360004

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• IPA: /kʁi.tik/, SAMPA: /kRi.tik/
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From Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikos).

	Singular	Plural
Male	critique IPA: /kʁi.tik/	critiques IPA: /kʁi.tik/
Female	critique IPA: /kʁi.tik/	critiques IPA: /kʁi.tik/

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critique

1. critical

   La situation est à présent plus que critique.

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critique m. and f.

1. a critic (person)

critique f.

1. a criticism
2. review (account)

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• critiquer

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critique (infinitive: criticar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of criticar.
2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of criticar.
3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of criticar.