liquide
French, noun
liquide is spelled L-I-Q-U-I-D-E (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liquide is a French masculine noun meaning “liquid (substance not of solid or gas state)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of liquider. With an accent, liquidé is a different word: “past participle of liquider”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fluide qui peut couler, et possède son volume propre, qui ne varie (peu) qu’avec la température ou la…”.
What does liquide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
liquid (existing in the physical state of a liquid)
- 2
liquid (said of money)
noun
- 1
masculineliquid (substance not of solid or gas state)
- 2
masculinecash
noun
- 1
feminineliquid (class of consonant sounds)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of liquider
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Fluide, qui tend à couler. 2. Liquéfié. 3. De faible consistance. 4. Relatif aux consonnes « l, r », qui, étant employées à la suite d’une autre consonne dans une même syllabe, sont coulantes et se prononcent aisément.
noun: 1. Fluide qui peut couler, et possède son volume propre, qui ne varie (peu) qu’avec la température ou la pression. 2. Liqueur, boisson alcoolisée. 3. Solution organique. 4. Argent disponible immédiatement.
noun: 1. L’une des deux consonnes « l, r », qui, étant employées à la suite d’une autre consonne dans une même syllabe, sont coulantes et se prononcent aisément.
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 liquide
- liquides plural
- liquidée feminine
- liquidés masculine plural
- liquidées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to liquide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is liquide in French?
liquide appears 26 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).