tique

See also: tiqué and tiquê

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ticket

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of English ticket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtike/ [ˈt̪i.ke]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification: ti‧que

Noun

tique m (plural tiques)

1. ticket [from 1990s]

   Synonyms: billete, entrada

   • 1998, Pablo Antón Marín Estrada, Estatutos y Reglamentu de Réxime Internu del Conseyu de la Mocedá d’Uviéu:

     Mery y Monchín entregaron el so tique al porteru de la entrada

     Mery and Monchín gave their ticket to the bouncer at the entrance.

   • 2004, José Luis Piquero, “Entrevista a Guillermo del Pozo”, in Les Noticies, number 417:

     Val cualquier fechu fortuitu, como’l que nun párking la xente lleve’l ticket na boca. Eso pue dar pa escribir un cuentu.

     Any random event is enough, like someone in a parking lot carrying their ticket in their mouth. That is enough to write a story.

   • 2005, Lluis Portal Hevia, “Les restricciones del Principáu pa subir a Los Llagos y Cuadonga divide a Cangues d’Onís”, in Les Noticies, number 452:

     Los peor que podría ocurrir sería que los turistes que lleguen agora en branu en balasma hasta Cuadonga y Los Llagos dende tolos puntos d’Asturies, s’asustaren por tener que pagar un tique, pero de momentu nun se vio que se diera esi efectu negativu.

     The worst thing that could happen would be that the tourists who arrive now this summer in droves to Covadonga and its Lakes from everywhere in Asturias, would be scared from having to pay a ticket, but so far this negative effective hasn't been observed to have happened.

French

Etymology

From Middle French tique, thought to have been borrowed through Middle English tyke during the Hundred Years' War, from Old English ticia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tik/
• (Meridional French) IPA^(key): /ˈti.kə/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /tik/, [t͡sɪk]

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• Homophone: tic

Noun

tique f or m (plural tiques)

1. tick (animal)

Usage notes

• Masculine use is considered substandard.

Verb

tique

1. inflection of tiquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English teak.

Noun

tique m (plural tiques)

1. (Jersey) teak

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ki/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iki, (Portugal) -ikɨ
• Hyphenation: ti‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tic.

Noun

tique m (plural tiques)

1. tic (habitual convulsive motion of a muscle)
2. habit (action performed repeatedly and automatically)

   Synonym: cacoete

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tick.

Noun

tique m (plural tiques)

1. tick; check mark (a mark used as an indicator)

Derived terms

• ticar
• tiquear

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tique

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

Further reading

• “tique”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tique”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tique”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

tique m (plural tiques)

1. alternative form of ticket

Further reading

• “tique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025