attaquer
French, verb/a.ta.ke/
attaquer is spelled A-T-T-A-Q-U-E-R (8 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written French, the 2,714th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attaquer is a French verb meaning “to attack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assaillir par agression”.
What does attaquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to attack
La Russie a attaqué l'Ukraine avec des missiles.
- 2
to diminish; to spoil; to erode
La rouille attaque le fer.
- 3
to begin; to undertake (an enterprise, an endeavor, a task)
Je vais attaquer mes devoirs.
- 4
to approach (a shore)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Assaillir par agression. 2. Affronter pour tenter de résoudre. 3. Assaillir moralement. 4. Intenter une action judiciaire ; contester en justice.
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 attaquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- attaquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- attaqué participle past
- attaque first-person indicative present
- attaques indicative present second-person
- attaquons first-person indicative plural
- attaquez indicative plural present
- attaquent indicative plural present
- attaquais first-person imperfect indicative
- attaquait imperfect indicative singular
- attaquions first-person imperfect indicative
- attaquiez imperfect indicative plural
- attaquaient imperfect indicative plural
- attaquai first-person historic indicative
- attaquas historic indicative past
- attaqua historic indicative past
- attaquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attaquer?
- /a.ta.ke/
- \a.ta.ke\
- [a.ta.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 attaquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attaquer in French?
attaquer appears 30 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).