maquer
French, verb/ma.ke/
maquer is spelled M-A-Q-U-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maquer is a French verb meaning “to be in a romantic relationship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Écraser le chanvre avec la maque”.
What does maquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto be in a romantic relationship
Caroline est maquée avec Vincent.
- 2
colloquialto go out together, to have a romantic relationship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Écraser le chanvre avec la maque.
verb: 1. Jouer au maquereau, au souteneur. 2. Être en couple. 3. Se mettre en couple.
verb: 1. Manger.
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 maquer
- se maquer infinitive reflexive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction reflexive
- se maquant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- maqué participle past reflexive
- me maque first-person indicative present
- te maques indicative present reflexive
- se maque indicative present reflexive
- nous maquons first-person indicative plural
- vous maquez indicative plural present
- se maquent indicative plural present
- me maquais first-person imperfect indicative
- te maquais imperfect indicative reflexive
- se maquait imperfect indicative reflexive
- nous maquions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous maquiez imperfect indicative plural
- se maquaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maquer?
- /ma.ke/
- \ma.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maquer in French?
maquer appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).