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pique-assiette

French, noun/pi.ka.sjɛt/

pique-assiette is a French masculine noun meaning “scrounger, freeloader, gatecrasher, sponger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui vit en parasite, qui profite sans contribuer aux frais”.

What does pique-assiette mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryinformalmasculinescrounger, freeloader, gatecrasher, sponger

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Personne qui vit en parasite, qui profite sans contribuer aux frais.

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 pique-assiette

  • pique-assiettes plural

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

How do you pronounce pique-assiette?

  • /pi.ka.sjɛt/
  • \pi.ka.sjɛt\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pique-assiette

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