clac
French, noun/klak/
clac is spelled C-L-A-C (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clac is a French masculine noun meaning “a hit; a strike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does clac mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea hit; a strike
- 2
masculinea clack (clacking sound)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Onomatopée qui traduit un bruit sec et rapide.
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 clac
- clacs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clac?
- /klak/
- \klak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clac
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clac in French?
clac appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).