CAC
French, noun
CAC is spelled C-A-C (3 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). CAC is a French masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of corps à corps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, CaC is a different word: “alternative spelling of CAC”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Commissaire aux comptes”.
What does CAC mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of corps à corps
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of CAC
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Corps à corps, dans un combat où les adversaires sont très proches, mais pas nécessairement au corps à corps. 2. Combat, changement d’environnement dans un jeu vidéo de combat où les adversaires passent dans un milieu confiné.
noun: 1. Commissaire aux comptes. 2. Centre d’art contemporain.
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 CAC
- càc
- CaC
- CAC
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is CAC in French?
CAC appears 3.7 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).