tictac
French, noun\tik.tak\
tictac is spelled T-I-C-T-A-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tictac is a French masculine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of tic-tac” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit d’un mécanisme”.
What does tictac mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling of tic-tac
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit d’un mécanisme.
adjective: 1. Qualifie une liste de candidats lors d’un scrutin de liste, et qui compte alternativement un homme puis une femme, conformément à la « loi nᵒ 2000-493 du 6 juin 2000 tendant à favoriser l’égal accès des femmes et des hommes aux mandats électoraux et fonctions électives ».
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 tictac
- tictacs plural
- tic-tac
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tictac?
- \tik.tak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tictac in French?
tictac appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).