pâquis
French, noun/pa.ki/
pâquis is spelled P-Â-Q-U-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pâquis is a French masculine noun meaning “pasturage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où le gibier vient paître”.
What does pâquis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepasturage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où le gibier vient paître. 2. Toute sorte de pâturages.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de pâquis
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 pâquis
- paquis
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pâquis?
- /pa.ki/
- /pɑ.ki/
- \pɑ.ki\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pâquis in French?
pâquis appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).