Physique

English

Noun

Physique (plural Physiques)

1. The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
2. (bodybuilding): The trained muscular structure of a person's body.

Adjectives for Physique

frail; lean; athletic; awesome; natural; ideal; well-built; attractive; unique; infinitesimal; ungraceful; delicate; insignificant;

Verbs for Physique

admire—; approve—; cramp—; endanger—; enfeeble—; esteem—; harden—; improve—; mold—; praise—; reduce—; strain—; strengthen—; vivify—; —deteriorates; —sustains; —toughens.

Synonyms for Physique

body

Thesaurus

health, anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, beef, beefiness, bod, body, body-build, bones, brand, brawn, brawniness, build, building, built, carcass, cast, character, chassis, clay, clod, complexion, composition, configuration, conformation, constituents, constitution, construction, corpus, crasis, creation, dharma, diathesis, disposition, elasticity, ethos, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, fiber, figure, flesh, forging, form, format, formation, frame, genius, getup, grain, habit, heftiness, hue, hulk, humor, humors, huskiness, ilk, involuntary muscle, kind, make, makeup, making, manufacture, material body, mold, molding, muscle, muscularity, musculature, nature, organic structure, organism, organization, pattern, patterning, person, physical body, plan, production, property, quality, setup, shape, shaping, sinew, sinewiness, sinews, soma, somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, streak, stripe, structure, structuring, suchness, system, tectonics, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, texture, thew, thewiness, thews, tissue, tone, torso, trunk, type, vein, voluntary muscle, warp and woof, way, weave, web

Etymology

From French physique.

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• Rhymes: -iːk

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French

Adjective

Physique (epicene, plural Physiques)

1. physical, sportive

   Monter un immeuble d'une centaine d'étages par les escaliers est une activité plutôt physique.

Noun 1

Physique m. (plural Physiques)

1. physique

   Certaines personnes jugent les gens seulement sur leur physique.

   Certains métiers nécessitent un bon physique et un entraînement régulier.

Noun 2

Physique f. (plural Physiques)

1. physics

   Ses matières préférées sont la chimie et la physique.

Etymology

From Latin physicus.

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