moquer
French, verb/mɔ.ke/
moquer is spelled M-O-Q-U-E-R (6 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moquer is a French verb meaning “to mock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se railler de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en rire, en faire un sujet de plaisanterie ou de dérision”.
What does moquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mock
- 2
to make fun (of someone)
- 3
to be indifferent; to not care (about something)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se railler de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en rire, en faire un sujet de plaisanterie ou de dérision. 2. Mépriser ; braver ; témoigner son dédain. 3. Ne pas parler, ne pas agir sérieusement. 4. Traiter avec trop de cérémonie, pousser trop loin la politesse.
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 moquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- moquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- moqué participle past
- moque first-person indicative present
- moques indicative present second-person
- moquons first-person indicative plural
- moquez indicative plural present
- moquent indicative plural present
- moquais first-person imperfect indicative
- moquait imperfect indicative singular
- moquions first-person imperfect indicative
- moquiez imperfect indicative plural
- moquaient imperfect indicative plural
- moquai first-person historic indicative
- moquas historic indicative past
- moqua historic indicative past
- moquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moquer?
- /mɔ.ke/
- \mɔ.ke\
- [mo.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 moquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moquer in French?
moquer appears 6.5 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).