manque
French, noun
manque is spelled M-A-N-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written French, the 579th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manque is a French masculine noun meaning “lack, absence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of manquer. With an accent, manqué is a different word: “missed; failed”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Absence, défaut, fait de manquer”.
What does manque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelack, absence
le manque d'amour maternel
- 2
masculinestress due to drug withdrawal
noun
- 1
feminineonly used in à la manque
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
missed; failed
verb
- 1
past participle of manquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Absence, défaut, fait de manquer. 2. État de stress dû à la privation d’une drogue.
adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas, ou qui n’est pas, réussi.
noun: 1. Type de gâteau.
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 manque
- manques plural
- manquée feminine
- manqués masculine plural
- manquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to manque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manque in French?
manque appears 141 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).