nique

• IPA^(key): /nik/

Inherited from Middle French nique, from Old French nic, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hnukēn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnukāną (“to be bent, wrinkle”), similar to Swedish nyck (“whim, fancy”).

nique f (plural niques)

1. A small thing.

• pique-nique

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nique

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

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

• équin