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stock

French, noun/stɔk/

stock is spelled S-T-O-C-K (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stock is a French masculine noun meaning “stock, goods in supply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entrepôt, réserve”.

What does stock mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestock, goods in supply

  2. 2

    masculinestock, a reserve (generally)

  3. 3

    masculineSupply of (wild) fish available for commerce, stock

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Quantité de marchandise qui se trouve en magasin, dans des entrepôts ou sur les marchés d’une place de commerce. 2. Entrepôt, réserve. 3. Ensemble d’individus qui, du fait de caractéristiques biologiques homogènes, peut constituer une unité de gestion (stock) ou une unité d'évaluation biologique. 4. Ensemble d’individus humains que gère une administration.

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 stock

  • stocks plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce stock?

  • /stɔk/
  • \stɔk\
  • [stɔk]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to stock

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is stock in French?

stock appears 14 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).

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