choqué
French, adjective
choqué is spelled C-H-O-Q-U-É (6 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Choqué is a French adjective meaning “shocked, startled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of choquer. Without its accent, choque is a different word: “alternative form of tchoque (“blackbird”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui reçoit un choc”.
What does choqué mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shocked, startled
verb
- 1
past participle of choquer
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of tchoque (“blackbird”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui reçoit un choc. 2. Qui est blessé dans ses idées, ses habitudes. 3. Qui a subi un ébranlement grave. 4. Qui est en état de choc.
noun: 1. Une personne choquée.
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 choqué
- choques plural
- choquée feminine
- choqués masculine plural
- choquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to choqué
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is choqué in French?
choqué appears 8.9 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).