colique
French, noun/kɔ.lik/
colique is spelled C-O-L-I-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colique is a French feminine noun meaning “colic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Douleur vive qu’on éprouve dans l'abdomen, dans les entrailles”.
What does colique mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecolic
- 2
femininediarrhoea
adjective
- 1
colon; colic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui relève du côlon.
noun: 1. Douleur vive qu’on éprouve dans l'abdomen, dans les entrailles. 2. Diarrhée. 3. Toutes sortes de choses au débit fluide et ininterrompu comme la diarrhée.
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 colique
- coliques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colique?
- /kɔ.lik/
- \kɔ.lik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colique in French?
colique 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).