busqué
French, adjective
busqué is spelled B-U-S-Q-U-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Busqué is a French adjective meaning “hooked (of a nose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of busquer. Without its accent, busque is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont la forme rappelle celle que donnerait le port d’un busc ; bombé”.
What does busqué mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hooked (of a nose)
verb
- 1
past participle of busquer
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. Dont la forme rappelle celle que donnerait le port d’un busc ; bombé. 2. Dont les portes, ou vantaux d’une écluse se ferment en formant un angle opposé au courant. 3. Arquée, en parlant de la tête d’un cheval. 4. Se dit dans un sens analogue de tout autre animal voire individu, spécialement de son nez. La forme du nez busqué est proche de celle du nez aquilin, avec une courbure en bosse.
noun: 1. Partie d’une crosse de fusil qui s’unit à la poignée.
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 busqué
- busquée feminine
- busqués masculine plural
- busquées feminine plural
- busques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is busqué in French?
busqué appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).