cloaque
French, noun/klɔ.ak/
cloaque is spelled C-L-O-A-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cloaque is a French masculine noun meaning “cesspool, cesspit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu destiné à recevoir les immondices, égout, dépotoir”.
What does cloaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecesspool, cesspit
- 2
masculinecloaca (duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu destiné à recevoir les immondices, égout, dépotoir. 2. Lieu malpropre et malsain, bas-fond. 3. Cavité ou réceptacle commun au système digestif et au système uro-génital que forme l’extrémité du canal intestinal chez les oiseaux, les batraciens et les reptiles.
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 cloaque
- cloaques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cloaque?
- /klɔ.ak/
- \klɔ.ak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cloaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cloaque in French?
cloaque appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).