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forniquer

French, verb/fɔʁ.ni.ke/

forniquer is a French verb meaning “to fornicate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S’adonner aux plaisirs sexuels sans retenue (strictement : entre personnes libres, non mariées)”.

What does forniquer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to fornicate

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. S’adonner aux plaisirs sexuels sans retenue (strictement : entre personnes libres, non mariées). 2. Se masturber. 3. Commettre le péché de fornication, de luxure. 4. Être corrompu.

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 forniquer

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • forniquant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • forniqué participle past
  • fornique first-person indicative present
  • forniques indicative present second-person
  • forniquons first-person indicative plural
  • forniquez indicative plural present
  • forniquent indicative plural present
  • forniquais first-person imperfect indicative
  • forniquait imperfect indicative singular
  • forniquions first-person imperfect indicative
  • forniquiez imperfect indicative plural
  • forniquaient imperfect indicative plural
  • forniquai first-person historic indicative
  • forniquas historic indicative past
  • forniqua historic indicative past
  • forniquâmes first-person historic indicative

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

How do you pronounce forniquer?

  • /fɔʁ.ni.ke/
  • \fɔʁ.ni.ke\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to forniquer

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

How common is forniquer in French?

forniquer appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.

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