loquace
French, adjective/lɔ.kas/
loquace is spelled L-O-Q-U-A-C-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loquace is a French adjective meaning “talkative; loquacious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui parle beaucoup”.
What does loquace mean in English?
adjective
- 1
talkative; loquacious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui parle beaucoup.
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 loquace
- loquaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loquace?
- /lɔ.kas/
- /lɔ.kwas/
- \lɔ.kas\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to loquace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is loquace in French?
loquace appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).