asthmatique

Learned borrowing from New Latin asthmaticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσθματικός (asthmatikós, “afflicted with shortness of breath”).

• IPA^(key): /as.ma.tik/

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asthmatique (plural asthmatiques)

1. asthmatic (affected with asthma)
2. (figuratively) weak, feeble

   Near-synonyms: poussif, faiblard

• asthme

asthmatique m or f by sense (plural asthmatiques)

1. asthmatic (someone affected by asthma)

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