entrechoquer
French, verb/ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ke/
entrechoquer is spelled E-N-T-R-E-C-H-O-Q-U-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrechoquer is a French verb meaning “to knock together, clink together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Provoquer un choc ou une opposition entre plusieurs choses, personnes ou concepts”.
What does entrechoquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to knock together, clink together
- 2
to contradict (each other), clash
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Provoquer un choc ou une opposition entre plusieurs choses, personnes ou concepts. 2. Se choquer l’un l’autre. 3. Se contredire, s’opposer l’un à l’autre.
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 entrechoquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- entrechoquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entrechoqué participle past
- entrechoque first-person indicative present
- entrechoques indicative present second-person
- entrechoquons first-person indicative plural
- entrechoquez indicative plural present
- entrechoquent indicative plural present
- entrechoquais first-person imperfect indicative
- entrechoquait imperfect indicative singular
- entrechoquions first-person imperfect indicative
- entrechoquiez imperfect indicative plural
- entrechoquaient imperfect indicative plural
- entrechoquai first-person historic indicative
- entrechoquas historic indicative past
- entrechoqua historic indicative past
- entrechoquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrechoquer?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ke/
- \ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entrechoquer in French?
entrechoquer appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).