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menteuse

French, noun/mɑ̃.tøz/

menteuse is spelled M-E-N-T-E-U-S-E (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menteuse is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of menteur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui ment, qui a l’habitude de mentir”.

What does menteuse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of menteur

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Personne qui ment, qui a l’habitude de mentir. 2. Langue (organe de la parole et donc du mensonge).

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 menteuse

  • menteuses plural
  • menteur masculine
  • menteresse dated literary

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

How do you pronounce menteuse?

  • /mɑ̃.tøz/
  • \mɑ̃.tøz\

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

English words that translate to menteuse

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

How common is menteuse in French?

menteuse appears 1.5 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).

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