different between health vs physique

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English helþe, from Old English h?lþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole +? -th, hale +? -th, or heal +? -th. More at heal.

Alternative forms

• helth, helthe, healthe (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?lth, IPA^(key): /h?l?/, [h?l??]
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

health (usually uncountable, plural healths)

1. The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]
2. A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.

3. Physical condition.
4. in shape, in forme.
5. (obsolete) Cure, remedy. [16th c. (Middle English: 11th-15th c.)]
6. (countable) A toast to prosperity. [from 17th c.]
7. (video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.

Derived terms

Related terms

• heal

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English heleð (“man, hero, fighter”), from Old English hæleþ (“man, hero, fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with West Frisian held (“hero”), Dutch held (“hero”), German Held (“hero”), Danish helt (“hero”), Swedish hjälte (“hero”), Norwegian hold (“hero”).

Alternative forms

• heleth

Noun

health (plural healths)

1. (obsolete) A warrior; hero; man.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion

     They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view.

References

• health in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• health in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From French physique.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

physique (plural physiques)

1. The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.

   Synonym: body

2. (bodybuilding) The trained muscular structure of a person's body.

Translations

Derived terms

• physique magazine

French

Etymology

From Latin physicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.zik/

Adjective

physique (plural physiques)

1. physical, sportive

   Monter un immeuble d'une centaine d'étages par les escaliers est une activité plutôt physique.

Derived terms

• personne physique

Noun

physique m (plural physiques)

1. physique

   Certaines personnes jugent les gens seulement sur leur physique.

   Certains métiers nécessitent un bon physique et un entraînement régulier.

Derived terms

• avoir le physique de l'emploi

Noun

physique f (plural physiques)

1. physics

   Ses matières préférées sont la chimie et la physique.

Derived terms

• physique des particules

Related terms

• physicien

Further reading

• “physique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).