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déloyal

French, adjective/de.lwa.jal/

déloyal is spelled D-É-L-O-Y-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déloyal is a French adjective meaning “disloyal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas loyal”.

What does déloyal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    disloyal

    Near-synonym: infidèle

  2. 2

    unfair

    Near-synonym: injuste

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas loyal. 2. Qui dénote un manque de bonne foi.

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 déloyal

  • déloyale feminine
  • déloyaux masculine plural
  • déloyales feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce déloyal?

  • /de.lwa.jal/
  • \de.lwa.jal\

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

English words that translate to déloyal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is déloyal in French?

déloyal appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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