ÚNICO
Latin Lemma
ūnĭcus
Latin Meaning
'one and no more; only, sole, single; alone of its kind, singular, uncommon, unparalleled, unique' (both ameliorative, 'unparalleled' and pejorative, 'singularly bad') L&S
While Lat. ūnĭcus is only used in the Vulgate New Testament by Luke to refer to an only child, translating Gk μονογενης, it is not used of Jesus as the only Son of God. Elsewhere in the New Testament (John, Hebrews, Epistle of John) μονογενης is translated into Lat. as unigenitus.
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French Lemma
unique
French Variants
inflected forms
French POS
French Morphologically related words
uniquement, unicité Larousse
Ranking/frequency in French
French First attestation
nonobstant qu’elle soit capital et souverainne de tout le royaume et unique (FRANTEXT, Nicolas de Baye, Journal, 1400-1410)
French Historical frequency (per million words)
13C: 0 | 14C: 0 | 15C: 0 | 16C: 31 | 17C: 56 | 18C: 80 | 19C: 63 | 20C: 78 | 21C: 67 | FRANTEXT |
French Collocational history
» DMF observes that unique is often used in conjunction with seul in the specification of an only son, suggesting that it is used to emphasise the notion of ‘no other’, an important concept in a legal context
monseigneur le daulphin vostre seul et unique filz (DMF: Jean Juvénal des Ursins, Loquar, 1440)