liquide
See also: liquidé
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.kid/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -id
Adjective
liquide (plural liquides)
Noun
liquide m (plural liquides)
- liquid (substance not of solid or gas state)
- cash
- 1997, “Elle donne son corps avant son nom”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:
- En m'habillant, je palpais mes poches vides / Plus de chèques, plus de cartes, plus de liquide
- Getting dressed, I patted my empty pockets / No more checks, no more cards, no more cash
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: likit
Noun
liquide f (plural liquides)
Verb
liquide
- inflection of liquider:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “liquide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Adjective
liquide (comparative plus liquide, superlative le plus liquide)
Related terms
Italian
Adjective
liquide f pl
- feminine plural of liquido
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
liquide
- vocative masculine singular of liquidus
References
- “liquide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- liquide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlikwid(ə)/
Adjective
liquide
- liquid (not solid or gaseous)
- fluid, flowing, unconstrained
Descendants
- English: liquid
References
- “liquid(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
liquide m (oblique and nominative feminine singular liquide)
- liquid (existing in the physical state of a liquid)
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
liquide
- inflection of liquidar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
liquide
- inflection of liquidar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative