aventure
French, noun
aventure is spelled A-V-E-N-T-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written French, the 2,120th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aventure is a French feminine noun meaning “adventure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, aventuré is a different word: “past participle of aventurer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui arrive d’inopiné, d’extraordinaire à quelqu’un”.
What does aventure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadventure
- 2
feminineventure
- 3
feminineaffair
verb
- 1
past participle of aventurer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui arrive d’inopiné, d’extraordinaire à quelqu’un. 2. Frasque ; comportement aventureux. 3. Intrigue amoureuse ; relation sexuelle. 4. Relation adultère.
adjective: 1. Qui va ou est engagé dans une aventure risquée.
noun: 1. Quelque chose qui est hasardeux ou exposé à des imprévus.
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 aventure
- aventures plural
- aventurée feminine
- aventurés masculine plural
- aventurées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aventure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aventure in French?
aventure appears 39 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).