esquive
French, noun
esquive is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-V-E (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquive is a French feminine noun meaning “dodge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of esquiver. With an accent, esquivé is a different word: “past participle of esquiver”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’esquiver”.
What does esquive mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedodge
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of esquiver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’esquiver. 2. Petite pièce de bois de forme tronc-conique, utilisée pour boucher le trou destiné à recevoir un robinet sur un tonneau. On la nomme aussi broche.
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 esquive
- esquives plural
- esquivée feminine
- esquivés masculine plural
- esquivées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to esquive
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esquive in French?
esquive appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).