déviante
French, adjective/de.vjɑ̃t/
déviante is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of déviant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does déviante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of déviant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui conteste, transgresse ou qui se met à l’écart de règles et de normes en vigueur dans un système social donné.
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 déviante
- déviantes plural
- déviant masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déviante?
- /de.vjɑ̃t/
- \de.vjɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déviante in French?
déviante appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).