clinique
English
Noun
clinique (plural cliniques)
- Archaic spelling of clinic.
French
Etymology
From the Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person”, “one baptized on a sick-bed”, “a physician”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kli.nik/
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- Hyphenation: cli‧nique
Adjective
clinique (plural cliniques)
Derived terms
Noun
clinique f (plural cliniques)
- clinic (small hospital)
Descendants
Further reading
- “clinique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.