mauresque
French, adjective/mɔ.ʁɛsk/
mauresque is spelled M-A-U-R-E-S-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 60,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mauresque is a French adjective meaning “Moorish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient aux Maures”.
What does mauresque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Moorish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient aux Maures.
noun: 1. Cocktail composé de pastis et de sirop d’orgeat. 2. Danse à la manière des Maures.
noun: 1. Nom qui était donné aux habitants de l’Afrique du Nord.
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 mauresque
- mauresques plural
- moresque
- Mauresques plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mauresque?
- /mɔ.ʁɛsk/
- /mo.ʁɛsk/
- \mɔ.ʁɛsk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mauresque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mauresque in French?
mauresque 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).