publique

See also: publiqué

English

Adjective

publique (comparative more publique, superlative most publique)

1. Obsolete form of public.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], page 100, column 1:

     VVith ſcoffs and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.

   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     Thy first publique miracle graceth a marriage

Noun

publique (plural publiques)

1. Obsolete form of public.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.blik/

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Adjective

publique

1. feminine singular of public

Galician

Verb

publique

1. inflection of publicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Middle French

Noun

publique m (plural publiques)

1. the people; the public

Descendants

• French: public (noun)

Portuguese

Verb

publique

1. inflection of publicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

publique

1. inflection of publicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative