acquêt
French, noun/a.kɛ/
acquêt is spelled A-C-Q-U-Ê-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acquêt is a French masculine noun meaning “acquisition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce que l’on a acquis”.
What does acquêt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacquisition
- 2
masculineprofit; financial gain
- 3
masculinecommunity property (goods obtained by the spouses during a marriage which become the property of both)
- 4
masculinelegal term referring to property/ ownership in property law (cannot use it to mean gaining of just about anything in present-day usage)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de acquêt.
noun: 1. Ce que l’on a acquis. 2. Biens acquis pendant le mariage par l’un ou l’autre des époux et qui tombent dans la communauté. Note d’usage : Ce terme est généralement utilisé au pluriel. 3. Choses mises en commun lors d’une fusion d’entreprises. 4. Ce qui donne avantage, profit, gain.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acquêt
- acquêts plural
- acquets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acquêt?
- /a.kɛ/
- \a.kɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acquêt in French?
acquêt appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).