attaque
French, noun
attaque is spelled A-T-T-A-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears 87 times per million words in written French, the 964th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attaque is a French feminine noun meaning “attack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of attaquer. With an accent, attaqué is a different word: “past participle of attaquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action violente, agression”.
What does attaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattack
- 2
feminineonset of a syllable
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of attaquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action violente, agression. 2. Le fait d'attaquer. 3. Travaux qu’on fait pour s’approcher d’une place assiégée. 4. Manœuvre tactique offensive dans la lutte contre un incendie ou un feu de forêt.
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 attaque
- attaques plural
- attaquée feminine
- attaqués masculine plural
- attaquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to attaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attaque in French?
attaque appears 87 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).