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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
liquide (plural liquides)
- liquid (existing in the physical state of a liquid)
- liquid (said of money)
Noun
liquide m (plural liquides)
- liquid (substance not of solid or gas state)
- cash
1997, “Elle donne son corps avant son nom”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:En m’habillant, je palpais mes poches vides / Plus de chèques, plus de cartes, plus de liquide- Getting dressed, I patted my empty pockets / No more checks, no more cards, no more cash
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
liquide f (plural liquides)
- (phonology) liquid (class of consonant sounds)
Verb
liquide
- inflection of liquider:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Interlingua
Adjective
liquide (comparative plus liquide, superlative le plus liquide)
- liquid
Related terms
Italian
Adjective
liquide f pl
- feminine plural of liquido
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
liquide
- vocative masculine singular of liquidus
References
- “liquide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- liquide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
liquide
- liquid (not solid or gaseous)
- fluid, flowing, unconstrained
Descendants
References
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin liquidus.
Adjective
liquide m (oblique and nominative feminine singular liquide)
- liquid (existing in the physical state of a liquid)
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
liquide
- inflection of liquidar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
liquide
- inflection of liquidar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative