arnaquer
French, verb/aʁ.na.ke/
arnaquer is spelled A-R-N-A-Q-U-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arnaquer is a French verb meaning “to swindle, to dupe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abîmer, recevoir ou donner des coups, machiner quelque chose”.
What does arnaquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto swindle, to dupe
- 2
informalto cheat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Abîmer, recevoir ou donner des coups, machiner quelque chose. 2. Escroquer ; voler ; tromper.
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 arnaquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- arnaquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- arnaqué participle past
- arnaque first-person indicative present
- arnaques indicative present second-person
- arnaquons first-person indicative plural
- arnaquez indicative plural present
- arnaquent indicative plural present
- arnaquais first-person imperfect indicative
- arnaquait imperfect indicative singular
- arnaquions first-person imperfect indicative
- arnaquiez imperfect indicative plural
- arnaquaient imperfect indicative plural
- arnaquai first-person historic indicative
- arnaquas historic indicative past
- arnaqua historic indicative past
- arnaquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arnaquer?
- /aʁ.na.ke/
- \aʁ.na.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arnaquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arnaquer in French?
arnaquer appears 1.4 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).