osque
French, noun
osque is spelled O-S-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Osque is a French masculine noun meaning “Oscan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Osque is a different word: “Oscan (person)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue indo-européenne du groupe sabellique aujourd’hui disparue et cousine lointaine du latin avec lequel…”.
What does osque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Oscan
noun
- 1
masculineOscan
noun
- 1
femininemasculineOscan (person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue indo-européenne du groupe sabellique aujourd’hui disparue et cousine lointaine du latin avec lequel elle partage une structure grammaticale commune.
adjective: 1. Ayant un rapport avec la langue osque. 2. Ayant un rapport avec le peuple osque.
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 osque
- osques plural
- Osques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to osque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is osque in French?
osque appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).