physique

Other forms of physique

plural

physiques·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about physique

What does physique mean?

physique means "constitution of the human body". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in physique?

physique has 2 syllables: physiq-ue. The stress falls on "ue". In IPA it is /fəˈzik/.

What is another word for physique?

Close synonyms include build, body-build, habitus, human body, physical body. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is physique a common word?

physique is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.