maquerelle
French, noun/ma.kʁɛl/
maquerelle is spelled M-A-Q-U-E-R-E-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maquerelle is a French feminine noun meaning “madam (keeper of a brothel), female pimp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme se livrant au proxénétisme, prostituant d’autres femmes et recevant tout ou partie de l’argent obtenu…”.
What does maquerelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemadam (keeper of a brothel), female pimp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme se livrant au proxénétisme, prostituant d’autres femmes et recevant tout ou partie de l’argent obtenu de cette activité. 2. Tenancière d’une maison close, d’un établissement de prostitution. On dit aussi dans ce sens mère maquerelle. 3. Commère, entremetteuse. Personne qui s’immisce dans la vie privée des autres, regarde sans le faire voir et colporte les ragots.
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 maquerelle
- maquerelles plural
- maquereau masculine
- macrelle alternative
- makrelle alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maquerelle?
- /ma.kʁɛl/
- \ma.kʁɛl\
- [ma.kʁɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maquerelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maquerelle in French?
maquerelle appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).