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étriqué

French, verb

étriqué is spelled É-T-R-I-Q-U-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étriqué is a French verb meaning “past participle of étriquer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, étrique is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.

What does étriqué mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of étriquer

verb

as étrique
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 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. Qui n’a pas l’ampleur suffisante. 2. Qui manque de grandeur, de souffle, d'invention, en parlant d’une œuvre d’art ou d’un livre. Qui manque d’inspiration, de discernement, d’ouverture d'esprit. 3. (Se rapportant à une personne) Étroit, mesquin, borné, manquant d’ouverture d’esprit, confiné dans la routine et les préjugés de son milieu.

adjective: 1. Relatif à l’être.

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 étriqué

  • étriquée feminine
  • étriqués masculine plural
  • étriquées feminine plural
  • êtriques plural masculine feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to étriqué

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is étriqué in French?

étriqué appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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