unique
French, adjective/y.nik/
unique is spelled U-N-I-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written French, the 982nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unique is a French adjective meaning “unique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est seul en son genre”.
What does unique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unique
- 2
only
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est seul en son genre. 2. Désigne un objet mathématique qui est le seul à vérifier une propriété, éventuellement à transformations près. 3. Qui est de beaucoup au-dessus des autres et auquel les autres ne peuvent être comparés. 4. Se dit d’un homme ridicule, d’un extravagant, pour dire qu’il n’a pas son semblable.
noun: 1. Ce qui est à nul autre semblable.
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 unique
- uniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unique?
- /y.nik/
- \y.nik\
- [y.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 unique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unique in French?
unique appears 85 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).