cantique
French, noun/kɑ̃.tik/
cantique is spelled C-A-N-T-I-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantique is a French masculine noun meaning “canticle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chant consacré à la gloire de Dieu, en action de grâces ou en l’honneur des saints”.
What does cantique mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanticle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chant consacré à la gloire de Dieu, en action de grâces ou en l’honneur des saints.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cantique
- cantiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantique?
- /kɑ̃.tik/
- \kɑ̃.tik\
- [kɑ̃.tik]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantique in French?
cantique appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).