caque
French, noun/kak/
caque is spelled C-A-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caque is a French feminine noun meaning “keg, barrel (especially for storing herring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Barrique pour presser et conserver les harengs salés ou fumés”.
What does caque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekeg, barrel (especially for storing herring)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Barrique pour presser et conserver les harengs salés ou fumés. 2. Tout tonneau ou futaille. 3. Tonneau où l’on met du salpêtre, de la poudre, du suif. 4. Ancienne unité de mesure pour commercialiser le raisin, elle vaut 60 kilogrammes.
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 caque
- caques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caque?
- /kak/
- \kak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caque in French?
caque appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).