défroquer
French, verb/de.fʁɔ.ke/
défroquer is spelled D-É-F-R-O-Q-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défroquer is a French verb meaning “to defrock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quitter ou faire quitter l’état monastique ou l’état ecclésiastique, en parlant d’un religieux ou un…”.
What does défroquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defrock
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitter ou faire quitter l’état monastique ou l’état ecclésiastique, en parlant d’un religieux ou un ecclésiastique. 2. Abandonner ses convictions, son engagement. 3. Dépouiller quelqu’un de son argent, de ses biens. 4. Ôter sa culotte ou son pantalon.
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 défroquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- défroquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- défroqué participle past
- défroque first-person indicative present
- défroques indicative present second-person
- défroquons first-person indicative plural
- défroquez indicative plural present
- défroquent indicative plural present
- défroquais first-person imperfect indicative
- défroquait imperfect indicative singular
- défroquions first-person imperfect indicative
- défroquiez imperfect indicative plural
- défroquaient imperfect indicative plural
- défroquai first-person historic indicative
- défroquas historic indicative past
- défroqua historic indicative past
- défroquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défroquer?
- /de.fʁɔ.ke/
- \de.fʁɔ.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to défroquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is défroquer in French?
défroquer appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).