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panique

French, noun

panique is spelled P-A-N-I-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Panique is a French feminine noun meaning “panic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of paniquer. With an accent, paniqué is a different word: “past participle of paniquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terreur subite, souvent irraisonnée”.

What does panique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    archaicpertaining to the god Pan

  2. 2

    panicked

  3. 3

    sudden, violent, and mostly baseless

    peur panique

noun

  1. 1

    femininepanic

    crise de panique

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as paniqué
  1. 1

    past participle of paniquer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a un rapport avec le dieu Pan ou les forces de la nature. 2. En parlant d’une terreur, d’une peur : soudaine, complète et souvent irraisonnée.

noun: 1. Terreur subite, souvent irraisonnée. 2. Mouvement de foule désordonné ou désordre.

adjective: 1. Qui est pris de panique, d'une peur extrême susceptible de lui faire perdre ses moyens.

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 panique

  • paniques plural
  • paniquée feminine
  • paniqués masculine plural
  • paniquées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to panique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is panique in French?

panique appears 14 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).

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