carac
French, noun/ka.ʁak/
carac is spelled C-A-R-A-C (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carac is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of caraque (“chocolate pastry”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractéristique”.
What does carac mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of caraque (“chocolate pastry”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractéristique.
noun: 1. Pâtisserie chocolatée en forme de coque ronde en pâte brisée.
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 carac
- caracs plural
- caraque
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carac?
- /ka.ʁak/
- \ka.ʁak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carac in French?
carac appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).