bâclé
French, verb
bâclé is spelled B-Â-C-L-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bâclé is a French verb meaning “past participle of bâcler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bâcle is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does bâclé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of bâcler
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
noun: 1. Barre de bois ou de fer, ou grosse poutre, servant à fermer une porte de l’intérieur.
adjective: 1. Qui est fait à la hâte. 2. Qui est fait trop vite et sans soin. 3. En parlant d’une porte, d’une fenêtre : fermé avec une bâcle. 4. En parlant d’un port, d’une rivière : fermé (pour cause de gel). – (Bescherelle, 1845 ; Larousse du xixᵉ siècle ; et Nouveau Larousse illustré)
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 bâclé
- bâclée feminine
- bâclés masculine plural
- bâclées feminine plural
- bâcles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bâclé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bâclé in French?
bâclé appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).