véridique
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin veridicus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve.ʁi.dik/
- Rhymes: -ik
- Homophone: véridiques
Adjective
véridique (plural véridiques)
- veracious, truthful; true, for real
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter II:
- Qui peut douter que dans les temps à venir, quand se publiera la véridique histoire de mes exploits, le sage qui les écrira, venant à conter cette première sortie que je fais si matin, ne s’exprime de la sorte....
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Who can doubt that in times to come, when will be published the veracious history of my exploits, the sage that will write them, coming to recount this first sally that I'm performing this morning, will express himself thus....
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Derived terms
- véridicité
- véridiquement
Further reading
- “véridique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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