défalquer
French, verb/de.fal.ke/
défalquer is spelled D-É-F-A-L-Q-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défalquer is a French verb meaning “to deduct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soustraire telle ou telle fraction d’une somme ou d’une quantité”.
What does défalquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deduct
- 2
to recoup
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Soustraire telle ou telle fraction d’une somme ou d’une quantité. 2. Ne pas tenir compte.
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 défalquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- défalquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- défalqué participle past
- défalque first-person indicative present
- défalques indicative present second-person
- défalquons first-person indicative plural
- défalquez indicative plural present
- défalquent indicative plural present
- défalquais first-person imperfect indicative
- défalquait imperfect indicative singular
- défalquions first-person imperfect indicative
- défalquiez imperfect indicative plural
- défalquaient imperfect indicative plural
- défalquai first-person historic indicative
- défalquas historic indicative past
- défalqua historic indicative past
- défalquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défalquer?
- /de.fal.ke/
- \de.fal.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is défalquer in French?
défalquer appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).