adversité
French, noun/ad.vɛʁ.si.te/
adversité is spelled A-D-V-E-R-S-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adversité is a French feminine noun meaning “adversity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État, situation de celui qui éprouve les rigueurs du sort”.
What does adversité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadversity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État, situation de celui qui éprouve les rigueurs du sort.
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 adversité
- adversités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adversité?
- /ad.vɛʁ.si.te/
- \ad.vɛʁ.si.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adversité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adversité in French?
adversité appears 1.5 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).