plouc
French, noun/pluk/
plouc is spelled P-L-O-U-C (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plouc is a French feminine noun meaning “hick, country bumpkin, yokel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Paysan, campagnard, pécore”.
What does plouc mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineinformalmasculinehick, country bumpkin, yokel
- 2
derogatoryfeminineinformalmasculinerube
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paysan, campagnard, pécore. 2. Péquenaud, rustre, bouseux, cul-terreux, rustique 3. Soldat sans grade.
adjective: 1. Balourd, lourdaud, rustique, rustre.
onomatopoeia: 1. Bruit de la chute d’une goutte de liquide. 2. Bruit produit par le tir d'une arme équipée d'un silencieux.
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 plouc
- ploucs plural
- ploc
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plouc?
- /pluk/
- \pluk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plouc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plouc in French?
plouc appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).