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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French arctique, borrowed from Latin arcticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (usual pronunciation) /aʁ.tik/
- IPA(key): (careful speech) /aʁk.tik/
Adjective
arctique (plural arctiques)
- (geography, relational) of the Arctic; Arctic
Usage notes
- The letter "c" is usually mute in common speech (since spoken French strongly tends to avoid consonant clusters with more than two elements), but is pronounced (more or less intentionally) in careful speech.
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