asque
French, noun/ask/
asque is spelled A-S-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asque is a French masculine noun meaning “ascus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cellule reproductrice des champignons ascomycètes (dont font partie les truffes, les morilles et les pézizes)…”.
What does asque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineascus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cellule reproductrice des champignons ascomycètes (dont font partie les truffes, les morilles et les pézizes) en forme de sac généralement allongé qui contient le plus fréquemment 8 spores (spécifiquement nommées ascospores) après la méiose. L'asque s'oppose à la baside des basidiomycètes.
suffix: 1. Suffixe servant à former des adjectifs, des noms d’habitant (gentilés) et des noms de langues dérivés d’un nom propre géographique (ville, région, pays).
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 asque
- asques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asque?
- /ask/
- \ask\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asque in French?
asque appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).