être en cloque

\ɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ klɔk\

/\ɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ klɔk\/ verb

The verdict

“être en cloque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être enceinte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etre-en-cloque · être en cloque · French

être en cloque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Ê" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for être en cloque
PropertyValue
Headwordêtre en cloque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ klɔk\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « être en cloque » en français

être en cloquen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

être en cloque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ klɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être enceinte.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for être en cloque, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is être en cloque, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -E-N- -C-L-O-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être enceinte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how être en cloque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle lui chuchote que même sans être en cloque, elle veut bien se marier.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "être en cloque"?
"être en cloque" is spelled Ê-T-R-E- -E-N- -C-L-O-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ klɔk\.
What does "être en cloque" mean?
As a verb, "être en cloque" means: Être enceinte.
How do you pronounce "être en cloque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "être en cloque" is \ɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ klɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "être en cloque" come from?
"être en cloque" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list