extorquer
French, verb/ɛk.stɔʁ.ke/
extorquer is spelled E-X-T-O-R-Q-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extorquer is a French verb meaning “to extort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tirer, obtenir par force, par violence, par menaces ou par tout moyen de pression”.
What does extorquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extort
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirer, obtenir par force, par violence, par menaces ou par tout moyen de pression.
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 extorquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- extorquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- extorqué participle past
- extorque first-person indicative present
- extorques indicative present second-person
- extorquons first-person indicative plural
- extorquez indicative plural present
- extorquent indicative plural present
- extorquais first-person imperfect indicative
- extorquait imperfect indicative singular
- extorquions first-person imperfect indicative
- extorquiez imperfect indicative plural
- extorquaient imperfect indicative plural
- extorquai first-person historic indicative
- extorquas historic indicative past
- extorqua historic indicative past
- extorquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extorquer?
- /ɛk.stɔʁ.ke/
- \ɛk.stɔʁ.ke\
- [ɛkstɔʁke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extorquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extorquer in French?
extorquer appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).