tuque
French, noun/tyk/
tuque is spelled T-U-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuque is a French feminine noun meaning “toque (knit cap)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tente ou abri qu’on élevait quelquefois à l’avant, plus souvent à l’arrière, sur la dunette”.
What does tuque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetoque (knit cap)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tente ou abri qu’on élevait quelquefois à l’avant, plus souvent à l’arrière, sur la dunette. 2. Colline, morne.
noun: 1. Bonnet de laine ou de tissu, parfois surmonté d’un pompon. 2. Symbole du nationalisme canadien français.
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 tuque
- tuques plural
- teugue
- theu
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuque?
- /tyk/
- Quebec [tsʏk]
- \tyk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuque in French?
tuque appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).