orque
French, noun/ɔʁk/
orque is spelled O-R-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orque is a French feminine noun meaning “killer whale; orca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de grand cétacé à dents à livrée noire et blanche et à nageoire dorsale très haute”.
What does orque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekiller whale; orca
noun
- 1
femininemasculineorc, ogre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de grand cétacé à dents à livrée noire et blanche et à nageoire dorsale très haute.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de orc.
noun: 1. Femme orc.
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 orque
- orques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orque?
- /ɔʁk/
- \ɔʁk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orque in French?
orque appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).