laquais
French, noun/la.kɛ/
laquais is spelled L-A-Q-U-A-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laquais is a French masculine noun meaning “footman, lackey, liveried servant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Valet de livrée, destiné principalement à suivre son maître ou sa maîtresse”.
What does laquais mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefootman, lackey, liveried servant
- 2
masculineflunky, stooge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Valet de livrée, destiné principalement à suivre son maître ou sa maîtresse. 2. Personne servile, sans vergogne, sans honneur.
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 laquais
- lacquais archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laquais?
- /la.kɛ/
- \la.kɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laquais
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laquais in French?
laquais appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).