roquette
French, noun/ʁɔ.kɛt/
roquette is spelled R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roquette is a French feminine noun meaning “rocket (weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom de plusieurs plantes de la famille des Brassicacées à l'odeur forte – due en partie à l’isothyocyanate…”.
What does roquette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerocket (weapon)
noun
- 1
femininerocket (UK, Australia, NZ); arugula (US) (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom de plusieurs plantes de la famille des Brassicacées à l'odeur forte – due en partie à l’isothyocyanate d’allyle, l’érucine et le sulforaphane – et que l’on cultive dans les potagers et qui se mange en salade. 2. Roquette batarde : Nom vulgaire de la gaude ou réséda des teinturiers (Reseda luteola L.)
noun: 1. Fuseau, bobine. 2. Fusée explosive propulsée.
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 roquette
- roquettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roquette?
- /ʁɔ.kɛt/
- \ʁɔ.kɛt\
- [ʁɔ.kɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roquette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roquette in French?
roquette appears 1.9 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).