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plaque

French, noun

plaque is spelled P-L-A-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plaque is a French feminine noun meaning “sheet, plate (of metal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of plaquer. With an accent, plaqué is a different word: “past participle of plaquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lame ou feuille plus ou moins épaisse, de métal, de verre, de marbre, etc”.

What does plaque mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesheet, plate (of metal)

  2. 2

    feminineslab (of marble)

  3. 3

    feminineplaque (bacteria on teeth)

    plaque muqueuse, dentaire

  4. 4

    feminineplaque, slab (ornamental)

  5. 5

    femininechip

  6. 6

    feminineplate

  7. 7

    feminineplate (especially a tectonic plate)

  8. 8

    feminineslab, bar (of e.g. chocolate)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as plaqué
  1. 1

    past participle of plaquer

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Mis à plat.

noun: 1. Signifie métal plaqué. 2. Manœuvre par laquelle le porteur du ballon est plaqué au sol par un joueur de l’équipe adverse.

noun: 1. Lame ou feuille plus ou moins épaisse, de métal, de verre, de marbre, etc. 2. Plaque sur laquelle une inscription donne une explication, une commémoration. 3. Insigne ou grade porté par un dignitaire. 4. Surface de métal ou de verre rendue sensible à la lumière et servant autrefois à la photographie.

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 plaque

  • plaques plural
  • plaquée feminine
  • plaqués masculine plural
  • plaquées feminine plural

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

English words that translate to plaque

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

How common is plaque in French?

plaque appears 23 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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