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pique-nique

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See also: piquenique

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

pique-nique

Alternative forms

piquenique (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From pique +‎ nique, from piquer (“to pick”, verb) +‎ nique (“small thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pik.nik/

Noun

pique-nique m (plural pique-niques)

picnic (a meal eaten outdoors)

Descendants

→ Catalan: pícnic
→ English: picnic, pic-a-nic, picknick (archaic)
- → Japanese: ピクニック (pikunikku)
- → Punjabi: ਪਿਕਨਿਕ (piknik)
- → Polish: piknik
- → Swahili: pikniki
→ Galician: pícnic
→ German: Picknick
→ Portuguese: piquenique
→ Romanian: picnic
→ Russian: пикни́к (pikník)
→ Sicilian: picchinicchi
→ Spanish: pícnic
→ Turkish: piknik

Further reading

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

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