flaque
French, noun
flaque is spelled F-L-A-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flaque is a French feminine noun meaning “puddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of flaquer. With an accent, flaqué is a different word: “past participle of flaquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite étendue d’un liquide accumulé sur une surface plane ou qui n’est pas parfaitement nivelée”.
What does flaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepuddle
une flaque d'eau
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of flaquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite étendue d’un liquide accumulé sur une surface plane ou qui n’est pas parfaitement nivelée. 2. Zone dont l’aspect est différent de celui des alentours.
adjective: 1. Net, dans le sens de propre ; en bon état, dans une bonne condition, irréprochable.
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 flaque
- flaques plural
- flaquée feminine
- flaqués masculine plural
- flaquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to flaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flaque in French?
flaque appears 1.3 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).