divorce
French, noun
divorce is spelled D-I-V-O-R-C-E (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divorce is a French masculine noun meaning “divorce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of divorcer. With an accent, divorcé is a different word: “past participle of divorcer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dissolution judiciaire du mariage”.
What does divorce mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedivorce
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of divorcer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dissolution judiciaire du mariage. 2. Séparation de deux choses qui peuvent être liées.
noun: 1. Homme qui a divorcé.
noun: 1. pâtisserie constituée de deux boules de forme longitudinale en pâte à choux farcies de crème pâtissière. L’un des choux est parfumé au chocolat tandis que le second est parfumé au café.
adjective: 1. Qui a divorcé.
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 divorce
- divorces plural
- divorcée feminine
- divorcés masculine plural
- divorcées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to divorce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divorce in French?
divorce appears 14 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).