brusque
French, adjective
brusque is spelled B-R-U-S-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brusque is a French adjective meaning “abrupt (sudden or hasty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of brusquer. With an accent, brusqué is a different word: “past participle of brusquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui agit par saccades violentes”.
What does brusque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
abrupt (sudden or hasty)
- 2
curt
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of brusquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui agit par saccades violentes. 2. Qui est subit et inopiné.
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 brusque
- brusques plural
- brusquée feminine
- brusqués masculine plural
- brusquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brusque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brusque in French?
brusque appears 2.6 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).