becqué
French, adjective
becqué is spelled B-E-C-Q-U-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Becqué is a French adjective meaning “beaked (having a beak of a different colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of becquer. Without its accent, becque is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie un oiseau dont le bec est d’une couleur différente”.
What does becqué mean in English?
adjective
- 1
beaked (having a beak of a different colour)
verb
- 1
past participle of becquer
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
adjective: 1. Qualifie un oiseau dont le bec est d’une couleur différente.
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 becqué
- becquée feminine
- becqués masculine plural
- becquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is becqué in French?
becqué appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).