tétanique
French, adjective/te.ta.nik/
tétanique is spelled T-É-T-A-N-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tétanique is a French adjective meaning “tetanus; tetanic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est relatif au tétanos”.
What does tétanique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tetanus; tetanic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est relatif au tétanos.
noun: 1. Personne atteinte de tétanos.
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 tétanique
- tétaniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tétanique?
- /te.ta.nik/
- \te.ta.nik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tétanique in French?
tétanique appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).