choquer
French, verb/ʃɔ.ke/
choquer is spelled C-H-O-Q-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Choquer is a French verb meaning “to hit, to collide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Donner un choc, heurter”.
What does choquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hit, to collide
- 2
to shock (surprise, startle)
- 3
Quebecto offend, to anger (especially in reflexive)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Donner un choc, heurter. 2. Se rencontrer et combattre, en parlant de troupes. 3. Offenser. 4. Déplaire.
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 choquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- choquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- choqué participle past
- choque first-person indicative present
- choques indicative present second-person
- choquons first-person indicative plural
- choquez indicative plural present
- choquent indicative plural present
- choquais first-person imperfect indicative
- choquait imperfect indicative singular
- choquions first-person imperfect indicative
- choquiez imperfect indicative plural
- choquaient imperfect indicative plural
- choquai first-person historic indicative
- choquas historic indicative past
- choqua historic indicative past
- choquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce choquer?
- /ʃɔ.ke/
- \ʃɔ.ke\
- [ʃɔ.ke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to choquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is choquer in French?
choquer appears 3.5 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).