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Webster 1913 Edition


Pratique

Prat′ique

,
Noun.
[F.; cf. It.
pratica
, Sp.
practica
. See
Practice
.]
1.
(Com.)
Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, a certificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; – a term used particularly in the south of Europe.
2.
Practice; habits.
[Obs.]
“One of English education and pratique.”
R. North.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pratique

PRATIQUE

,
Noun.
In commerce, primarily, converse; intercourse; the communication between a ship and the port in which she arrives. Hence, a license or permission to hold intercourse and trade with the inhabitants of a place, after having performed quarantine, or upon a certificate that the ship did not come from an infected place; a term used particularly in the south of Europe, where vessels coming from countries infected with contagious diseases, are subjected to quarantine.

Definition 2024


pratique

pratique

See also: pratiqué

English

Noun

pratique (plural pratiques)

  1. Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with a quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.
  2. (obsolete) practice; habits
    • R. North
      One of English education and pratique.

References

  • Pratique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • pratique” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • pratique” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin practica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁa.tik/

Adjective

pratique m, f (plural pratiques)

  1. applied; concerning action or intervention of human will on the real to change it (as opposed to spéculatif or théorique).
  2. concrete, practical.
  3. belonging to the everyday or mundane.
  4. experienced.
  5. convenient; handy.
    Cette télécommande est vraiment pratique.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Noun

pratique f (plural pratiques)

  1. practice.
  2. execution or implementation of something.
  3. methods, process, way of doing or achieving something.
  4. set of customs in a country or group of people.
    C'est la pratique de ce pays. ― Those are the customs of this country.
  5. experience.
    C'est un homme qui a la pratique des affaires. ― This is a man with business experience.
  6. act of frequenting.
    Il a beaucoup gagné à la pratique de la bonne société. ― He’s gained a lot by frequenting good people.
  7. clientele, regular clients, or business therewith.
    La pratique n'afflue pas à ce magasin. ― Customers don't flow to that store.
    Vous me servez mal, vous n’aurez plus ma pratique. ― You’re serving me poorly, you're going to lose my business.
  8. (nautical) freedom to board or disembark (as opposed to quarantine).
    On donna pratique à ce navire après qu'il eut fait la quarantaine. ― We gave freedom to board or disembark to the ship after it went through quarantine.
  9. a steel or tin instrument placed in one's mouth to change one's voice during puppet ventriloquism.

Verb

pratique

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pratiquer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of pratiquer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of pratiquer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of pratiquer
  5. second-person singular imperative of pratiquer

References

Anagrams


Norman

Noun

pratique f (plural pratiques)

  1. (Jersey) practice

Portuguese

Verb

pratique

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of praticar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of praticar
  3. first-person singular imperative of praticar
  4. third-person singular imperative of praticar