adverse
French, adjective/ad.vɛʁs/
adverse is spelled A-D-V-E-R-S-E (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adverse is a French adjective meaning “adverse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contraire, opposé”.
What does adverse mean in English?
adjective
- 1
adverse
la partie adverse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Contraire, opposé.
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 adverse
- adverses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adverse?
- /ad.vɛʁs/
- \ad.vɛʁs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adverse in French?
adverse appears 5.5 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).