chèque
French, noun/ʃɛk/
chèque is spelled C-H-È-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chèque is a French masculine noun meaning “cheque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Billet à vue et au porteur sur un établissement de crédit, où le tireur a une provision de fonds”.
What does chèque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecheque
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de cheik.
noun: 1. Billet à vue et au porteur sur un établissement de crédit, où le tireur a une provision de fonds.
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 chèque
- chèques plural
- cheques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chèque?
- /ʃɛk/
- \ʃɛjk\
- \ʃɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chèque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chèque in French?
chèque appears 13 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).