acquis
French, noun/a.ki/
acquis is spelled A-C-Q-U-I-S (6 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written French, the 2,619th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acquis is a French masculine noun meaning “asset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of acquérir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui s’obtient par l’effort ou l’expérience, par opposition à ce qui est inné ou naturel”.
What does acquis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineasset
- 2
masculineknowledge, (can be built on) level of attainment
adjective
- 1
acquired, learned
- 2
acknowledged, recognized
verb
- 1
past participle of acquérir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est obtenu, sans que cela ait été auparavant déjà possédé. 2. Définitif, incontestable. 3. Qualifie des semis, une fructification ou une régénération suffisante pour couper les semenciers qui les ont générés. 4. Survenant après la fécondation.
noun: 1. Ce qui s’obtient par l’effort ou l’expérience, par opposition à ce qui est inné ou naturel. 2. Capacité ou connaissance d’ores et déjà obtenue. 3. Droit d’ores et déjà obtenu. 4. Ensemble des législations (règlement, directive, et autres actes contraignants) adopté dans l’Union européenne.
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 acquis
- acquise feminine
- acquises feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acquis?
- /a.ki/
- \a.ki\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acquis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acquis in French?
acquis appears 31 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).