esthétique

French

Alternative forms

• æsthétique (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin aesthēticus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.te.tik/

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Adjective

esthétique (plural esthétiques)

1. aesthetic (concerned with beauty)

Derived terms

• chirurgie esthétique
• esthéticien

Descendants

• → Japanese: エステティック, エステ
• → Romanian: estetic
• → Turkish: estetik

Noun

esthétique f (plural esthétiques)

1. aesthetics (study of beauty)

Further reading

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