tactique

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

tactique (plural tactiques)

  1. Obsolete form of tactic.
    • 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Church-yard. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley, Brothers, [], →OCLC:
      The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. [] He had learned, by long experience, the best tactique under fire: he became actually taciturn; or, if he spoke, his speech was laconic and enigmatical; sometimes throwing out a proverb, and sometimes a text; and sometimes when provoked past endurance, spouting mildly a little bit of meek and venomous irony.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tak.tik/
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Noun[edit]

tactique f (plural tactiques)

  1. tactic

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Descendants[edit]

  • German: Taktik
  • Polish: taktyka
  • Turkish: taktik

Adjective[edit]

tactique (plural tactiques)

  1. tactical
  2. (chemistry) tactic
    Antonym: atactique

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