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 Manche‎^{fr.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....
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  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....

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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