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Definitions: Physique |
PhysiqueNoun1. Constitution of the human body. 2. Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "physique" was first used: 1826. (references) |
Etymology: Physique \Phy*sique"\, noun. [French expression See Physic.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| PHE | French | Physique des hautes énergies | N/A |
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Synonyms: PhysiqueSynonyms: anatomy (n), bod (n), body-build (n), build (n), chassis (n), figure (n), flesh (n), form (n), frame (n), habitus (n), human body (n), material body (n), physical body (n), shape (n), soma (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animality | Flesh, flesh and blood; physique; strength . |
Strength | Stoutness; Adjective: lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virtility, vitality. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Physique |
| English words defined with "physique": asthenic ♦ body type, built ♦ dumpiness ♦ lankiness ♦ rawboned ♦ somatotype, squattiness, stacked ♦ well-stacked. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "physique": ANGLICIZED WORDS ♦ Somatotypes, Sweetheart ♦ WEIGHT GUESSER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Physique" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (bodily, material, natural philosophy, physical, physics, physique). |
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Lyrics | With my sexual physique Jah know me well built (Mr. Boombastic; performing artist: Shaggy) The one with the physique, (Can't Hang; performing artist: Xscape) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Our Girls and Their Physique (1920) Sculpture physique (1988) Le Physique et le figuré (1981) | |
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![]() | P. CXVI. 392. Trachypterus arcticus, (Brunnich), Nilsson. From Day, "Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland." 393. Stylephorus chordatus, Shaw. From Blainville, " Journal de Physique," Vol. LXXXVII. 394. Stylephorus chordatus, Shaw. From Shaw, "Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London," Vol. I.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Promote excercise to strengthen the quality of the physique of the people.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Trade | Chad | Import taxes are comprised of (1) the TVA, a value-added tax, (2) IRPP (Impots sur le Revenu du Personne Physique) 4 percent and (3) a 2 percent information or statistical tax (taxe d'information). (references) |
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| "Physique" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Physique" is used about 164 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 164 | 24,408 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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| Switzerland | Societe Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique SA - SIP |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "physique": of poor physique. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Arabic | بنية الجسم (constitution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фигура (effigy, face card, figure, form, man, person, piece, tracery), телосложение (figure, frame, habit, make), организъм (being, constitution, nature, organism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 體質 , 体质. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tìlesná konstituce, stavba tìla (build). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | legemsbygningsindex (index of physique), konstitutionstyper (types of physique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هیکل (Person, Statue), هیلت (Astronomy, Attitude, Commission, Configuration, Corps, Hue, Panel, Staff), ترکیب (Admixture, Blend, Composition, Compound, Confection, Feature, Form, Mixture, Structure, Syntax, Zygosis), سازمان بدن , ساختمان بدن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ruumiinrakenne (constitution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | physique (natural philosophy, physical, physics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | körperbau (anatomy, build). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σωματική διάπλαση (conformation, external conformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מבנה גוף (constitution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | testalkat (affect, body build, build, disposition, habit, set-up, shape), fizikum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bentuk badan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | costituzione fisica, corporatura (build, frame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 躯幹 (body, torso, trunk), 骨骼 (frame, framework, skeletal structure), 骨相 (phrenology), 骨柄 (appearance, build), 骨格 (build, frame), 造り (make up, structure), 恰幅 (bodily build), 体躯 (constitution, stature, the body), 体格 (constitution), 体位 (physical standard, posture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいかく (accusative case, constitution, diagonal, tall building, the cabinet), たいい (abdication, captain, physical standard, posture, schema), たいく (constitution, stature, the body), くかん (bitter suffering, body, coldest time of the year, section, torso, trunk), つくり (make up, make-up, sliced raw fish, structure, the right half of a character when the left half is its radical), かっぷく (bodily build, disembowelment, harakiri), こつがら (appearance, build), こっそう (phrenology), こっかく (build, frame, framework, skeletal structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 체격. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jannoo kirpey, corp (body, corpse, hull, solid, trunk of tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysiquephay fisioterapia (physical therapy, physiotherapy), físico (bodily, physical, physicist), configuração do corpo, compleição física. (various references) fizic (appearance, bodily, body, concrete, corporeal, figure, outer, personal, physical). (various references) физические данные, телосложение (constitution, frame, habit), конституция (constitution, make, organic law). (various references) stas (build, inches, stature). (various references) físico (material, physical, physicist). (various references) kroppsbyggnad (frame), kroppsbeskaffenhet. (various references) vücut yapısı (anatomy, body build, build, figure), bünye (constitution, contexture, fabric, habit of body, organization, quality, structure, texture). (various references) фізичні дані, зовнішність (exterior, externality, front, guise, mien, outside, outward, person, seeming, semblance, surface), будова тіла (constitution). (various references) dạng người (anthropoid), cơ thể vóc người. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | physicus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "physique": physiques. (additional references) | |
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"Physique" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: filioque, phistiki, phsyique, physalus, Physarum, physiique, physike, physog. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-p-q-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: equips, piques. | |
-3 letters: equip, hypes, pique, pushy, queys, quips, yipes. | |
-4 letters: espy, hies, hips, hues, hype, hyps, pehs, phis, pies, pish, push, pyes, quey, quip, ship, sipe, spue, supe, syph, yipe, yips, yups. | |
-5 letters: hep, hes, hey, hie, hip, his, hue, hup, hyp, peh, pes, phi, pie, pis, piu, psi, pus, pye, sei, she. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-p-q-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: physiques. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 79 73 69 71 75 65 |
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