trinquer
French, verb/tʁɛ̃.ke/
trinquer is spelled T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trinquer is a French verb meaning “to clink glasses, toast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boire en choquant, cognant les verres en signe de joie, pour marquer son amitié ou pour faire un vœu”.
What does trinquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clink glasses, toast
- 2
to booze, drink alcohol
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Boire en choquant, cognant les verres en signe de joie, pour marquer son amitié ou pour faire un vœu. 2. Subir un dommage, un désagrément.
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 trinquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- trinquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- trinqué participle past
- trinque first-person indicative present
- trinques indicative present second-person
- trinquons first-person indicative plural
- trinquez indicative plural present
- trinquent indicative plural present
- trinquais first-person imperfect indicative
- trinquait imperfect indicative singular
- trinquions first-person imperfect indicative
- trinquiez imperfect indicative plural
- trinquaient imperfect indicative plural
- trinquai first-person historic indicative
- trinquas historic indicative past
- trinqua historic indicative past
- trinquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trinquer?
- /tʁɛ̃.ke/
- \tʁɛ̃.ke\
- [tʁɛ̃.ke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trinquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trinquer in French?
trinquer appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).