phonique
French, adjective/fɔ.nik/
phonique is a French adjective meaning “phonic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a rapport à la voix”.
What does phonique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
phonic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport à la voix. 2. Qualifie les signes destinés à représenter les sons articulés.
suffix: 1. Sert à transformer en adjectif certains mots se terminant par le suffixe -phone, principalement dans les domaines de la musique et de la technique.
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 phonique
- phoniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phonique?
- /fɔ.nik/
- \fɔ.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 phonique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phonique in French?
phonique 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).