adultère
French, noun
adultère is spelled A-D-U-L-T-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adultère is a French feminine noun meaning “adulterer, adulteress (an adulterous woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of adultérer. With an accent, adultéré is a different word: “past participle of adultérer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Violation du serment de fidélité conjugale”.
What does adultère mean in English?
adjective
- 1
adulterous
noun
- 1
femininemasculineadulterer, adulteress (an adulterous woman)
noun
- 1
masculineadultery (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than his or her spouse)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of adultérer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui viole le serment de fidélité conjugale. 2. Se dit des choses qui offrent un mélange vicieux.
noun: 1. Violation du serment de fidélité conjugale.
noun: 1. Personne qui viole le serment de fidélité conjugale. 2. Objet dont la présence dans un ensemble n’est pas légitime.
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 adultère
- adultères plural
- adultérée feminine
- adultérés masculine plural
- adultérées feminine plural
- adultéresse singular feminine
- adultéresses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to adultère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adultère in French?
adultère appears 3.2 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).