criquet
French, noun/kʁi.kɛ/
criquet is spelled C-R-I-Q-U-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criquet is a French masculine noun meaning “locust (insect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte herbivore volant et sautant de la famille de l’ordre des orthoptères, appelé aussi caelifère”.
What does criquet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelocust (insect)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecte herbivore volant et sautant de la famille de l’ordre des orthoptères, appelé aussi caelifère. 2. Grillon. 3. Petit cheval malingre. 4. Acier qui a criqué, qui s'est fendillé ; acier qui possède des criques.
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 criquet
- criquets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criquet?
- /kʁi.kɛ/
- \kʁi.kɛ\
- [kʁi.kɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criquet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criquet in French?
criquet appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).