manquer
French, verb/mɑ̃.ke/
manquer is spelled M-A-N-Q-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manquer is a French verb meaning “to lack; to be lacking in; to be short of [with de] (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faillir ; tomber en faute”.
What does manquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lack; to be lacking in; to be short of [with de] (something)
Je manque de temps.
- 2
to miss [with à] (someone or something), literally "to be missing to someone"
Tu me manques.
- 3
to fail in, to fail to fulfil [with à] (a duty, promise, obligation)
Il a manqué à sa parole.
- 4
to be lacking; to be absent; to be in short supply
Les occasions ne manquent pas.
- 5
to almost do; to narrowly avoid
Near-synonym: faillir
- 6
to miss, to fail
Near-synonym: faillir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faillir ; tomber en faute. 2. Ne pas partir, en parlant du coup d'une arme à feu, lorsqu’on veut tirer. 3. Tomber, faiblir, défaillir. 4. Se dérober, s’affaisser, en parlant des choses.
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 manquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- manquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- manqué participle past
- manque first-person indicative present
- manques indicative present second-person
- manquons first-person indicative plural
- manquez indicative plural present
- manquent indicative plural present
- manquais first-person imperfect indicative
- manquait imperfect indicative singular
- manquions first-person imperfect indicative
- manquiez imperfect indicative plural
- manquaient imperfect indicative plural
- manquai first-person historic indicative
- manquas historic indicative past
- manqua historic indicative past
- manquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manquer?
- /mɑ̃.ke/
- \mɑ̃.ke\
- [mɑ̃.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 manquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manquer in French?
manquer appears 25 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).