édulcoré
French, adjective
édulcoré is spelled É-D-U-L-C-O-R-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Édulcoré is a French adjective meaning “sweetened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of édulcorer. With an accent, édulcore is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Adouci, sucré”.
What does édulcoré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sweetened
- 2
derogatorywatered-down
verb
- 1
past participle of édulcorer
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
adjective: 1. Adouci, sucré 2. Affaibli ; affadi ; adouci ; adapté.
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 édulcoré
- édulcorée feminine
- édulcorés masculine plural
- édulcorées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is édulcoré in French?
édulcoré 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).