sceptique

Inherited from Middle French sceptique, borrowed from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós) or (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) possibly intermediately borrowed from New Latin scepticus.

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• IPA^(key): /sɛp.tik/

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• Homophone: septique
• Rhymes: -ik

sceptique m or f by sense (plural sceptiques)

1. sceptic (British), skeptic (American)

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sceptique (plural sceptiques)

1. sceptical (British), skeptical (American)

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• → Polish: sceptyk
• → Portuguese: cético
• →? Romanian: sceptic
• → Turkish: septik

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós) or (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) possibly intermediately borrowed from New Latin scepticus.

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sceptique m (feminine singular sceptiquee, masculine plural sceptiques, feminine plural sceptiquees)

1. skeptical

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sceptique m or f (plural sceptiques)

1. skeptic

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• French: sceptique
  • → Polish: sceptyk
  • → Portuguese: cético
  • →? Romanian: sceptic
  • → Turkish: septik
• → English: skeptic, sceptic (British), sceptick (obsolete), skeptick (obsolete)

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