altéré
French, adjective
altéré is spelled A-L-T-É-R-É (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altéré is a French adjective meaning “altered, changed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of altérer. With an accent, altère is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assoiffé”.
What does altéré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
altered, changed
verb
- 1
past participle of altérer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Assoiffé.
noun: 1. Passion véhémente. 2. Vive inquiétude.
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 altéré
- altérée feminine
- altérés masculine plural
- altérées feminine plural
- altères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to altéré
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altéré in French?
altéré appears 1.3 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).