arqué
French, verb
arqué is spelled A-R-Q-U-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arqué is a French verb meaning “past participle of arquer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, arque is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does arqué mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of arquer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Utilisé pour former un nom correspondant à une notion de pouvoir, de chef de.
adjective: 1. En forme d’arc, courbé. 2. Qualifie un cheval qui fléchit le genou au repos.
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 arqué
- arquée feminine
- arqués masculine plural
- arquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arqué
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arqué in French?
arqué appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).