tunique

French

Etymology

From Middle French tunique, from Old French tunique, borrowed from Latin tunica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.nik/
• Homophone: tuniques

Noun

tunique f (plural tuniques)

1. tunic (garment)
2. (anatomy) membrane

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• tunicque

Etymology

From Old French tunique, borrowed from Latin tunica.

Noun

tunique f (plural tuniques)

1. (anatomy) membrane
2. tunic (garment)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• tenicle
• tornicle
• tournike

• turnicle
• tunike
• tuniqe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tunica.

Noun

tunique oblique singular, f (oblique plural tuniques, nominative singular tunique, nominative plural tuniques)

1. tunic (garment)

Descendants

• Middle French: tunique
  • French: tunique