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claque

French, noun

claque is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claque is a French feminine noun meaning “slap on the cheek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, claqué is a different word: “dead”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coup du plat de la main”.

What does claque mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineslap on the cheek

  2. 2

    femininevamp (of a shoe)

  3. 3

    Quebecfeminineovershoe

  4. 4

    femininethrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)

  5. 5

    feminineclaque (group of people hired to either applaud or boo)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineslanggambling den

  2. 2

    masculineslangwhorehouse, brothel

adjective

as claqué
  1. 1

    colloquialdead

  2. 2

    colloquialexhausted, knackered

verb

as claqué
  1. 1

    past participle of claquer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Coup du plat de la main. 2. Défaite ; échec. 3. Grande surprise ; stupéfaction. 4. Sandale que l’on attachait par-dessus les souliers afin de les protéger des intempéries.

noun: 1. Chapeau haut-de-forme, muni d'un ressort permettant de l’aplatir et de le relever à volonté (aussi utilisé sous la forme chapeau claque).

noun: 1. Maison de prostitution. 2. Maison de jeux.

adjective: 1. Mort, sans intérêt. 2. Extrêmement fatigué. 3. Applaudi. 4. Qualifie une chaussure dont l'empeigne comporte une claque.

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 claque

  • claques plural
  • claquée feminine
  • claqués masculine plural
  • claquées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to claque

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is claque in French?

claque appears 7.9 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).

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