tonique

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ.nik/
• Homophones: tonic, tonics, toniques
• Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τονικός (tonikós); morphologically, from ton +‎ -ique.

Adjective

tonique (plural toniques)

1. tonic (all meanings)

Derived terms

• atonique
• eau tonique
• isotonique
• monotonique
• polytonique
• soda tonique
• tonicité

Descendants

• → Turkish: tonik

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of note tonique.

Noun

tonique f (plural toniques)

1. (music) tonic, keynote

Further reading

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