sapèque
French, noun/sa.pɛk/
sapèque is spelled S-A-P-È-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sapèque is a French feminine noun meaning “cash (historical coin and monetary unit used in Indochina and China)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “La plus petite pièce de l’ancienne monnaie indochinoise et chinoise, en usage jusqu’au début du XXᵉ siècle.…”.
What does sapèque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecash (historical coin and monetary unit used in Indochina and China)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La plus petite pièce de l’ancienne monnaie indochinoise et chinoise, en usage jusqu’au début du XXᵉ siècle. Elle valait 1/1000 de tael.
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 sapèque
- sapèques plural
- sapeck obsolete
- sapacou obsolete
- sapocou obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sapèque?
- /sa.pɛk/
- \sa.pɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sapèque in French?
sapèque appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).