souquer
French, verb/su.ke/
souquer is spelled S-O-U-Q-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Souquer is a French verb meaning “to heave (pull hard on a rope, oars, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tirer, raidir ou serrer fortement, arrimer”.
What does souquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to heave (pull hard on a rope, oars, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirer, raidir ou serrer fortement, arrimer. 2. Être serré, comprimé, ficelé. 3. Attacher, lier, ligoter solidement. 4. Ramer dur, agir avec force sur les rames, les avirons.
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 souquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- souquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- souqué participle past
- souque first-person indicative present
- souques indicative present second-person
- souquons first-person indicative plural
- souquez indicative plural present
- souquent indicative plural present
- souquais first-person imperfect indicative
- souquait imperfect indicative singular
- souquions first-person imperfect indicative
- souquiez imperfect indicative plural
- souquaient imperfect indicative plural
- souquai first-person historic indicative
- souquas historic indicative past
- souqua historic indicative past
- souquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce souquer?
- /su.ke/
- \su.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is souquer in French?
souquer appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).