secouer
French, verb/sə.kwe/
secouer is spelled S-E-C-O-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Secouer is a French verb meaning “to shake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remuer quelque chose fortement et à plusieurs reprises”.
What does secouer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shake
- 2
to shake off (oppression etc.)
- 3
to shake (emotionally, figuratively)
- 4
to shake up
- 5
to shake (oneself)
- 6
colloquialto make an effort
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Remuer quelque chose fortement et à plusieurs reprises. 2. Se défaire de quelque chose par un mouvement violent. 3. S’affranchir de ce qui pèse ; se débarrasser de. 4. Causer une commotion physique ou morale.
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 secouer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- secouant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- secoué participle past
- secoue first-person indicative present
- secoues indicative present second-person
- secouons first-person indicative plural
- secouez indicative plural present
- secouent indicative plural present
- secouais first-person imperfect indicative
- secouait imperfect indicative singular
- secouions first-person imperfect indicative
- secouiez imperfect indicative plural
- secouaient imperfect indicative plural
- secouai first-person historic indicative
- secouas historic indicative past
- secoua historic indicative past
- secouâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce secouer?
- /sə.kwe/
- \sə.kwe\
- \skwe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to secouer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is secouer in French?
secouer appears 3.5 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).