patraque
French, noun/pa.tʁak/
patraque is spelled P-A-T-R-A-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patraque is a French feminine noun meaning “old machine, rattletrap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Machine usée ou mal faite, et de peu de valeur”.
What does patraque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
out of sorts, under the weather
noun
- 1
colloquialfeminineold machine, rattletrap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Faible et fatigué. En piètre forme ou légèrement souffrant.
noun: 1. Machine usée ou mal faite, et de peu de valeur. 2. Personne faible et fatiguée. 3. Crabe en période de mue.
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 patraque
- patraques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patraque?
- /pa.tʁak/
- \pat.ʁak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patraque in French?
patraque appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).