casquer
French, verb/kas.ke/
casquer is spelled C-A-S-Q-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 86,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casquer is a French verb meaning “to fall into a trap, particularly by paying money in advance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recouvrir d’un casque”.
What does casquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fall into a trap, particularly by paying money in advance
- 2
to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out (money)
verb
- 1
to cover with (something resembling) a helmet
- 2
to put on (something resembling) a helmet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Recouvrir d’un casque. 2. Recouvrir la tête à la manière d’un casque. 3. Mettre un casque. 4. Se couvrir la tête à la manière d’un casque.
verb: 1. Payer (souvent une grosse somme), faire les frais de quelque chose.
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 casquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- casquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- casqué participle past
- casque first-person indicative present
- casques indicative present second-person
- casquons first-person indicative plural
- casquez indicative plural present
- casquent indicative plural present
- casquais first-person imperfect indicative
- casquait imperfect indicative singular
- casquions first-person imperfect indicative
- casquiez imperfect indicative plural
- casquaient imperfect indicative plural
- casquai first-person historic indicative
- casquas historic indicative past
- casqua historic indicative past
- casquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casquer?
- /kas.ke/
- \kas.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is casquer in French?
casquer appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).