casque
French, noun
casque is spelled C-A-S-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casque is a French masculine noun meaning “helmet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of casquer. With an accent, casqué is a different word: “past participle of casquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Protection protègent et couvrant la tête, Armure défensive dans certains cas”.
What does casque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehelmet
- 2
masculinehard hat
- 3
masculineheadphones
- 4
masculinecasque
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of casquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est coiffé d’un casque. 2. Qui est orné d’un casque.
noun: 1. Protection protègent et couvrant la tête, Armure défensive dans certains cas. 2. casque de protection 3. casque militaire 4. Ornement extérieur de l’écu représentant un heaume.
noun: 1. Papillon de nuit de la famille des Noctuidae.
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 casque
- casques plural
- casquée feminine
- casqués masculine plural
- casquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to casque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casque in French?
casque appears 18 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).