plastique

See also: plastiqué

English

Etymology

From French plastique. Doublet of plastic.

Noun

plastique (countable and uncountable, plural plastiques)

1. (countable) A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
2. (dated, uncountable) A plastic explosive.

French

Etymology

From Middle French plastique, borrowed from Latin plasticus. Doublet of plastic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plas.tik/

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• Homophone: plastiques

Adjective

plastique (plural plastiques)

1. plastic

   art plastique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   chirurgie plastique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (physics, of a deformation) plastic, permanent, irreversible

   Coordinate term: élastique

   déformation plastique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• plasticité

Noun

plastique m (plural plastiques)

1. material that can be moulded into a desired form, plastic
2. a synthetic hydrocarbon-based polymer, plastic

Derived terms

• microplastique

Related terms

• plastic
• plasticage
• plasticien
• plastiquer

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: plastik
• → Persian: پلاستیک (pelâstik)
• → Romanian: plastic
• → Turkish: plastik

Noun

plastique f (plural plastiques)

1. the shape of a human body, physique
2. formal beauty
3. the plastic arts, sculpture

Descendants

• → Danish: plastik

Further reading

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