tic
French, noun/tik/
tic is spelled T-I-C (3 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tic is a French masculine noun meaning “tic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitude vicieuse que contractent les chevaux et les bêtes à cornes”.
What does tic mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitude vicieuse que contractent les chevaux et les bêtes à cornes. 2. Sorte de contraction convulsive de certains muscles, particulièrement de la face, auquel quelques personnes sont sujettes. 3. Habitudes plus ou moins ridicules que l’on a contractées sans s’en apercevoir.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de NTIC.
noun: 1. Technicien en identification criminelle, qui intervient sur les scènes de crime pour effectuer les actes de police technique et scientifique.
noun: 1. Trousse de soin individuelle.
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 tic
- tics plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tic?
- /tik/
- \tik\
- [œ̃ 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 tic
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tic in French?
tic appears 5.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).