amorce
French, noun
amorce is spelled A-M-O-R-C-E (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amorce is a French feminine noun meaning “bait (used to catch fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of amorcer. With an accent, amorcé is a different word: “primed”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appât fixé à l'hameçon d'une ligne de pêcheur, destiné à faire mordre le poisson”.
What does amorce mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebait (used to catch fish)
- 2
feminineprimer (substance used to start a fire)
- 3
femininebait
- 4
feminineprimer (strand)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
primed
verb
- 1
past participle of amorcer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appât fixé à l'hameçon d'une ligne de pêcheur, destiné à faire mordre le poisson. 2. Matière explosive qui sert à enflammer la charge d’un canon, d’un fusil, d’une mine, etc. 3. Appât, ce qui attire vers quelque chose. 4. Oligonucléotide qui, hybridé avec une matrice d'acide nucléique, permet à une polymérase de déclencher la synthèse du brin complémentaire.
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 amorce
- amorces plural
- amorcée feminine
- amorcés masculine plural
- amorcées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to amorce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amorce in French?
amorce appears 3.0 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).