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téci

French, noun/te.si/

téci is spelled T-É-C-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Téci is a French feminine noun meaning “a complex of buildings or district where people live, especially in suburbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cité ; quartier d’habitation populaire”.

What does téci mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineslanga complex of buildings or district where people live, especially in suburbs

  2. 2

    feminineslangthe people living there

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cité ; quartier d’habitation populaire.

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 téci

  • técis plural
  • tess alternative

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

How do you pronounce téci?

  • /te.si/
  • \te.si\

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

How common is téci in French?

téci appears about once in every 20 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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