rauque
French, adjective/ʁoːk/
rauque is spelled R-A-U-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rauque is a French adjective meaning “hoarse, raspy (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rauquer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pour une voix, rude, âpre et comme enrouée”.
What does rauque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hoarse, raspy (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice)
voix rauque
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Pour une voix, rude, âpre et comme enrouée.
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 rauque
- rauques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rauque?
- /ʁoːk/
- \ʁok\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rauque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rauque in French?
rauque appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).