adore
French, verb
adore is spelled A-D-O-R-E (5 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written French, the 1,207th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adore is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, adoré is a different word: “past participle of adorer”.
What does adore mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of adorer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Chéri.
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 adore
- adorée feminine
- adorés masculine plural
- adorées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to adore
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adore in French?
adore appears 69 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).