tique

From Middle French tique, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō ~ *tikkō (“tick”). Thought to have been borrowed through Middle English tyke during the Hundred Years' War.

• IPA^(key): /tik/

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• Homophone: tic

tique f or m (plural tiques)

1. tick (animal)

• Masculine use is considered substandard.

tique

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

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

Borrowed from English teak.

tique m (plural tiques)

1. (Jersey) teak

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

Borrowed from French tic.

tique m (plural tiques)

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

   Synonym: cacoete

Borrowed from English tick.

tique m (plural tiques)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tique

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

• “tique”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

tique m (plural tiques)

1. ticket
2. receipt

• “tique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024