oblique
French, adjective
oblique is spelled O-B-L-I-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oblique is a French adjective meaning “oblique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of obliquer. With an accent, obliqué is a different word: “past participle of obliquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui s’écarte plus ou moins de la verticale”.
What does oblique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
oblique
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of obliquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s’écarte plus ou moins de la verticale. 2. Qui est indirect, détourné. 3. Qui manque de droiture, de franchise. 4. Qui ne fait pas face, qui est de travers, qui louche.
noun: 1. Nom de divers muscles de l’abdomen, de l’œil, de la tête, qui ont une direction oblique, par rapport au plan supposé qui divise le corps en deux moitiés égales et symétriques. 2. Cas de déclinaison qui n’est pas le cas direct, qui ne sert pas à la citation. Cas autre que le nominatif et le vocatif ; par exemple, en latin, l’accusatif, le datif et le génitif.
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 oblique
- obliques plural
- obliquée feminine
- obliqués masculine plural
- obliquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to oblique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oblique in French?
oblique appears 1.4 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).