choker
French, verb/tʃo.ke/
choker is spelled C-H-O-K-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Choker is a French verb meaning “to choke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S’étouffer”.
What does choker mean in English?
verb
- 1
Quebecto choke
- 2
Quebecto stop, to inhibit, to prevent
- 3
slangto fail, to fumble
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. S’étouffer. 2. Se désister.
noun: 1. Collier ras-de-cou.
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 choker
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- chokant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- choké participle past
- choke first-person indicative present
- chokes indicative present second-person
- chokons first-person indicative plural
- chokez indicative plural present
- chokent indicative plural present
- chokais first-person imperfect indicative
- chokait imperfect indicative singular
- chokions first-person imperfect indicative
- chokiez imperfect indicative plural
- chokaient imperfect indicative plural
- chokai first-person historic indicative
- chokas historic indicative past
- choka historic indicative past
- chokâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce choker?
- /tʃo.ke/
- \tʃo.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is choker in French?
choker appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).