conque
French, noun/kɔ̃k/
conque is spelled C-O-N-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,044th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conque is a French feminine noun meaning “conch (the mollusk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gros coquillage creux”.
What does conque mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconch (the mollusk)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gros coquillage creux. 2. Certaines coquilles en spirale, dont certains peuples se servaient comme de trompettes. 3. Dépression, creux, de l’oreille externe, au fond de laquelle se trouve l’orifice externe du conduit auditif, elle est bordée par l’anthélix, elle se divise en cavum autour du conduit auditif et en cymba au dessus. 4. Creux du relief.
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 conque
- conques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conque?
- /kɔ̃k/
- \kɔ̃k\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conque in French?
conque appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).