embusquer
French, verb/ɑ̃.bys.ke/
embusquer is spelled E-M-B-U-S-Q-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embusquer is a French verb meaning “to ambush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre en embuscade”.
What does embusquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ambush
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre en embuscade. 2. Se mettre en embuscade. 3. Parvenir à se dérober aux plus dures exigences du service militaire.
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 embusquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- embusquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- embusqué participle past
- embusque first-person indicative present
- embusques indicative present second-person
- embusquons first-person indicative plural
- embusquez indicative plural present
- embusquent indicative plural present
- embusquais first-person imperfect indicative
- embusquait imperfect indicative singular
- embusquions first-person imperfect indicative
- embusquiez imperfect indicative plural
- embusquaient imperfect indicative plural
- embusquai first-person historic indicative
- embusquas historic indicative past
- embusqua historic indicative past
- embusquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embusquer?
- /ɑ̃.bys.ke/
- \ɑ̃.bys.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 embusquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embusquer in French?
embusquer appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).