pique-nique

See also: piquenique

French

Alternative forms

• piquenique (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From pique +‎ nique, from piquer (“to pick”, verb) +‎ nique (“small thing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik.nik/

Noun

pique-nique m (plural pique-niques)

1. picnic (a meal eaten outdoors)

Descendants

• → Catalan: pícnic
• → English: picnic, pic-a-nic, picknick (archaic)
  • → Japanese: ピクニック (pikunikku)
  • → Punjabi: ਪਿਕਨਿਕ (piknik)
  • → Polish: piknik
  • → Swahili: pikniki
• → Galician: pícnic
• → German: Picknick
• → Portuguese: piquenique
• → Romanian: picnic
• → Russian: пикни́к (pikník)
• → Sicilian: picchinicchi
• → Spanish: pícnic
• → Turkish: piknik

Further reading

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