fliqué
French, adjective
fliqué is spelled F-L-I-Q-U-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fliqué is a French adjective meaning “policed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of fliquer. Without its accent, flique is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does fliqué mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialpoliced
verb
- 1
past participle of fliquer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 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
noun: 1. Policière.
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 fliqué
- fliquée feminine
- fliqués masculine plural
- fliquées feminine plural
- fliques plural
- flic masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fliqué in French?
fliqué appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).