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inique

French, adjective/i.nik/

inique is spelled I-N-I-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inique is a French adjective meaning “iniquitous, unjust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n'est pas juste, pas égal ; qui manque d’équité”.

What does inique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    iniquitous, unjust

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui n'est pas juste, pas égal ; qui manque d’équité. 2. Qui est injuste en parlant des personnes.

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 inique

  • iniques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce inique?

  • /i.nik/
  • \i.nik\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to inique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is inique in French?

inique appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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