embusqué
French, verb
embusqué is spelled E-M-B-U-S-Q-U-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 71,364th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embusqué is a French verb meaning “past participle of embusquer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, embusque is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does embusqué mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of embusquer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Placé en embuscade. 2. Qui échappe à la conscription militaire, surtout en temps de guerre.
noun: 1. Homme valide qui échappe à la conscription militaire, surtout en temps de guerre. 2. Anus.
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 embusqué
- embusquée feminine
- embusqués masculine plural
- embusquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is embusqué in French?
embusqué appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).