presque
French, adverb/pʁɛsk/
presque is spelled P-R-E-S-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears 170 times per million words in written French, the 476th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presque is a French adverb meaning “almost” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À peu près, peu s’en faut”.
What does presque mean in English?
adverb
- 1
almost
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. À peu près, peu s’en faut. 2. Excepté un ensemble négligeable.
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 presque
- presqu’
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce presque?
- /pʁɛsk/
- \pʁɛsk\
- [pʁɛsk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to presque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is presque in French?
presque appears 170 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).