déshérité
French, adjective
déshérité is spelled D-É-S-H-É-R-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déshérité is a French adjective meaning “disinherited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of déshériter. With an accent, déshérite is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does déshérité mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disinherited
- 2
deprived
verb
- 1
past participle of déshériter
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
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui est démuni des moyens de vivre dignement.
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 déshérité
- déshéritée feminine
- déshérités masculine plural
- déshéritées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is déshérité in French?
déshérité appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).