/fi.zik/
Translation
physical; also a noun, la physique (physics) and le physique (build, physique)
Word origin
From Latin physica, from Greek phusike ('the study of nature'), from phusis ('nature'). French keeps all three modern uses in one word, the adjective plus two nouns of different gender.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- phusis
- English cognates
- physics, physical, physician
Grammar
Examples
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He is in great physical shape.
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Physical violence is never a solution.
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She teaches physics at a secondary school.
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Physical work does not frighten him.
'athlète.
He has an athlete's build.
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