# critique
## English
### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”), feminine of criticus (“critical”); see critic.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kɹɪˈtiːk/
* IPA: /kɹɪˈtik/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːk

#### Noun

critique (plural critiques)
* (uncountable) The art of criticism.
* (countable) An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
** 1726, [Joseph Addison], Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. […], [London], →OCLC, page 153:I ſhould as ſoon expect to ſee a Critique on the Poſie of a Ring, as on the Inſcription of a Medal.
** 2015 February 20, Jesse Jackson, “In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever”, in The Guardian (London)‎:I did not always agree with Malcolm X, specifically his critiques of Dr King and of the philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
** 2023 November 15, 'Industry Insider', “Outbreak of common sense”, in RAIL, number 996, page 68:The Department for Transport has conceded that the instruction to the train operators under its control (either through direct management or a contractual relationship) to close ticket offices will be withdrawn, following a devasting critique by Transport Focus on the proposal's shortcomings.
* (countable) A point made to criticize something.
    Bob liked most of my presentation, but offered three minor critiques.

##### Derived terms

* immanent critique
* self-critique
* transcendental critique

##### Related terms

* critic

##### Translations
#### Verb

critique (third-person singular simple present critiques, present participle critiquing, simple past and past participle critiqued)
* To review something; to criticize.
    I want you to critique this new idea of mine.
** 2015 February 9, Alison Flood, “FBI monitored and critiqued African American writers for decades”, in The Guardian‎:Newly declassified documents from the FBI reveal how the US federal agency under J Edgar Hoover monitored the activities of dozens of prominent African American writers for decades, devoting thousands of pages to detailing their activities and critiquing their work.
** 2017 April 15, “Kelly Clarkson accused of 'child abuse' for feeding two-year-old daughter Nutella”, in Independent.ie‎, retrieved 2021-05-18:While many commented on the sweet nature of the video, others were quick to critique her parenting choice, with one saying: "Giving food like this to a child is child abuse."
** 2020 June 5, Judy Berman, “Where You Watch George Floyd Protests Matters. Here's Why.”, in Time‎:On Tuesday […] a protester heckled correspondent Katy Tur for mentioning looting and she conceded that he was right to critique the media’s fascination with that aspect of recent events.
** 2021 April 19, Jordan Kisner, “The Western Rides Again”, in The Atlantic‎:But as this quartet of women filmmakers make new contributions to a very old genre, they’re united […] in critiquing the frontier illusion itself, the fantasy that fleeing toward the next horizon offers riches as well as freedom from the waste and damage left behind.
** 2021 May 13, Selim Algar, “Teachers union chief cites Stuyvesant HS in ripping standardized testing”, in New York Post‎, retrieved 2021-05-18:American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten critiqued standardized testing Thursday — and specifically cited the racial makeup of heavily Asian Stuyvesant High School as an example of what’s wrong with the system.

##### Derived terms

* anticritique
* autocritique
* countercritique
* critiquable
* metacritique
* recritique
* self-critique
* uncritiqued

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

critique (plural critiques)
* Obsolete form of critic (“one who criticises”).
** 1625, John Williams, Great Britains Salomon (sermon)
    a question amongst critiques in the ages to come

### Further reading

* “critique”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “critique”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “critique”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “critique”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* critique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## French
### Etymology

From Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʁi.tik/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

critique (plural critiques)
* critical (urgent)
    La situation est à présent plus que critique. ― The situation is currently more than urgent.
* critical (of great importance)
* critical (related to criticism)
* (of a person) judgemental

#### Descendants

* German: kritisch
** → Dutch: kritisch
*** Afrikaans: krities
*** → Indonesian: kritis

### Noun

critique f (plural critiques)
* criticism
* review, usually written
* reason; logic

#### Derived terms

* la critique est aisée mais l’art est difficile

#### Descendants

* → English: critique
* → German: Kritik

### Noun

critique m or f by sense (plural critiques)
* critic (profession)

### Related terms

* critiquer

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* citrique

## Galician
### Verb

critique
* inflection of criticar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Verb

critique
* inflection of criticar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɾiˈtike/ [kɾiˈt̪i.ke]
* Rhymes: -ike
* Syllabification: cri‧ti‧que

### Verb

critique
* inflection of criticar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative