How do you pronounce unique?

The recorded pronunciation is /juːˈniːk/.

unique

/juːˈniːk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: unique
IPA: /juːˈniːk/

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Meaning

adj

Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.

adj

Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.

adj

Particular, characteristic.

adj

Rare or unusual.

noun

A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind.

Example Sentences

"Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey."
"Perhaps the reader will wonder why we have placed our " beings " on a sphere rather than on another closed surface. But this choice has its justification in the fact that, of all closed surfaces, the sphere is unique in possessing the property that all points on it are equivalent."
"3. Both were written and published with the same unique chorus structure; 4. Both compositions were written and published with the same unique harmonic structure;"
"‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’"
"Admiralty Island contains unique resources of scientific interest which need protection to assure continued opportunities for study."
"A very interesting history of United Nations at war in Korea, done in an^([sic]) unique question and answer style."

Etymology

Borrowed from French unique, from Latin unicus.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: unique, unicus

Inflected Forms

uniquer (comparative) more unique (comparative) uniquest (superlative) most unique (superlative) unic (alternative, obsolete) unick (alternative, obsolete) uniques (plural)

Derived Forms

biunique nonunique uniquel uniquely uniqueness uniquification uniquify uniquity ununique

Phrases

non-unique uniq fruit unique factorization domain unique factorization ring unique-headed bug unique identification number unique identifier unique key

Frequently Paired Words

unicity one-of-a-kind inimitable first and last ideal nonesuch one of a kind one-off

Synonyms

one of a kind sui generis singular one-off alone azygous incomparable matchless nonpareil only peerless unequaled

Antonyms

common normal

Rhymes With

week speak weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak sneak