fanatique

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fānāticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.na.tik/

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• Rhymes: -ik

Adjective

fanatique (plural fanatiques)

1. fanatic, fanatical

Descendants

• → German: fanatisch
• → Turkish: fanatik

Noun

fanatique m or f by sense (plural fanatiques)

1. fanatic (one who is zealously enthusiastic)
2. fanatic, zealot

   Near-synonym: intégriste

References

• “fanatique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.