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avoir des cornes

French, verb/a.vwaʁ de kɔʁn/

avoir des cornes is a French verb meaning “to have been cuckolded, to have been cheated on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être trompé par son époux ou son épouse”.

What does avoir des cornes mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to have been cuckolded, to have been cheated on

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Être trompé par son époux ou son épouse.

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.

How do you pronounce avoir des cornes?

  • /a.vwaʁ de kɔʁn/
  • \a.vwaʁ de kɔʁn\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.