claquer
French, verb/kla.ke/
claquer is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claquer is a French verb meaning “to clack (make a sharp sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire un certain bruit aigu et éclatant”.
What does claquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clack (make a sharp sound)
- 2
to clap
claquer des mains
- 3
to click, to snap
faire claquer ses doigts
- 4
to crack
faire claquer un fouet
- 5
to flap
- 6
to chatter
- 7
to rattle
- 8
to rattle
verb
- 1
to vamp a shoe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire un certain bruit aigu et éclatant. 2. Aplaudir. 3. Mourir. 4. Dépenser avec excès.
verb: 1. Garnir de la pièce de cuir appelée 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 claquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- claquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- claqué participle past
- claque first-person indicative present
- claques indicative present second-person
- claquons first-person indicative plural
- claquez indicative plural present
- claquent indicative plural present
- claquais first-person imperfect indicative
- claquait imperfect indicative singular
- claquions first-person imperfect indicative
- claquiez imperfect indicative plural
- claquaient imperfect indicative plural
- claquai first-person historic indicative
- claquas historic indicative past
- claqua historic indicative past
- claquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claquer?
- /kla.ke/
- \kla.ke\
- [kla.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 claquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is claquer in French?
claquer appears 3.3 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).