invoquer
French, verb/ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/
invoquer is spelled I-N-V-O-Q-U-E-R (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invoquer is a French verb meaning “to invoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appeler à son secours, à son aide, par une prière”.
What does invoquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to invoke
- 2
to call upon (God)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Appeler à son secours, à son aide, par une prière. 2. Citer en sa faveur ; en appeler à. 3. Mettre en avant pour expliquer un insuccès.
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 invoquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- invoquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- invoqué participle past
- invoque first-person indicative present
- invoques indicative present second-person
- invoquons first-person indicative plural
- invoquez indicative plural present
- invoquent indicative plural present
- invoquais first-person imperfect indicative
- invoquait imperfect indicative singular
- invoquions first-person imperfect indicative
- invoquiez imperfect indicative plural
- invoquaient imperfect indicative plural
- invoquai first-person historic indicative
- invoquas historic indicative past
- invoqua historic indicative past
- invoquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce invoquer?
- /ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/
- \ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\
- [ɛ̃.vɔ.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 invoquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is invoquer in French?
invoquer appears 3.1 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).