Check

"Check" in French

addition

(bill, particularly at a restaurant — see also bill)

contrôle

(inspection or examination)

contrôle

(control, limit or stop)

croix

(mark used as an indicator)

examen

(inspection or examination)

vérification

(inspection or examination)

vérification

(control, limit or stop)

échec

(chess: when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece)

checker

(to inspect, examine)

checker

(poker: to remain in the hand without betting)

cocher

(to mark with a checkmark)

contrôler

(to inspect, examine)

contrôler

(to control, limit, or halt)

déposer

(to leave in safekeeping)

enregistrer

(to leave with shipping agent for shipping)

faire attention

(to control, limit, or halt)

laisser

(to leave in safekeeping)

mettre en échec

(chess: to make a move which puts an adversary's king in check)

vérifier

(to inspect, examine)

vérifier

(to verify or compare with a source of information)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.