élastique

See also: élastiqué and êlastique

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elasticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.las.tik/

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• Hyphenation: é‧las‧tique

Adjective

élastique (plural élastiques)

2. elastic
3. (economics) elastic

   Antonym: inélastique

Related terms

• élasticité

Descendants

• → Catalan: elàstic
• → Dutch: elastiek
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: lástik
  • → Indonesian: elastik
  • → Papiamentu: elastik, alestik
• → English: elastic, elastick (obsolete)
  • → Malay: elastik
• → German: elastisch
• → Norwegian Bokmål: elastikk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: elastikk
• → Polish: elastyczny
• → Romansch: elastic
• → Ottoman Turkish: الاستیق (elastik, elastık).
  • Turkish: elastik

Noun

élastique m (plural élastiques)

2. rubber band

Derived terms

• saut à l’élastique
• se tirer sur l’élastique

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: أستيكة (astīka)
• → Moroccan Arabic: لستيك (lastīk)
• → Persian: لاستیک (lâstik)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لاستیق (lastik, lastık).
  • Turkish: lastik
• → Tunisian Arabic: يستيك (yastīk)

Further reading

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