brusquer
French, verb/bʁys.ke/
brusquer is spelled B-R-U-S-Q-U-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brusquer is a French verb meaning “to rush (an operation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Traiter d’une manière brusque”.
What does brusquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rush (an operation)
- 2
to browbeat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Traiter d’une manière brusque. 2. Précipiter les événements avant le temps voulu. 3. L'emporter d’emblée. 4. Chauffer un navire pour le caréner. ^([2])
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 brusquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- brusquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- brusqué participle past
- brusque first-person indicative present
- brusques indicative present second-person
- brusquons first-person indicative plural
- brusquez indicative plural present
- brusquent indicative plural present
- brusquais first-person imperfect indicative
- brusquait imperfect indicative singular
- brusquions first-person imperfect indicative
- brusquiez imperfect indicative plural
- brusquaient imperfect indicative plural
- brusquai first-person historic indicative
- brusquas historic indicative past
- brusqua historic indicative past
- brusquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brusquer?
- /bʁys.ke/
- \bʁys.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 brusquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brusquer in French?
brusquer appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).