pédé
French, noun/pe.de/
pédé is spelled P-É-D-É (4 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pédé is a French masculine noun meaning “fag, poof, queer (male homosexual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme homosexuel”.
What does pédé mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineoffensivevulgarfag, poof, queer (male homosexual)
T'es un sale pédé.
- 2
derogatorymasculineoffensivegroomer
adjective
- 1
synonym of pédalé (“pedate”)
suffix
- 1
-pedal (having a specified number or type of feet)
suffix
- 1
masculine-ped
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme homosexuel. 2. Homme dont l’allure, les goûts, les affinités, les performances, font penser au stéréotype de la femme et, de ce fait, amalgame à l’homosexualité. 3. Homme méprisable, avec ou sans idée précise de préférence sexuelle. 4. Pédéraste, pédophile
adjective: 1. Homosexuel. 2. Ayant trait à l'homosexualité. Art pédé, littérature pédée.
suffix: 1. Qui a des pieds, des pattes.
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 pédé
- pédés plural
- PD alternative
- pédée feminine
- pédées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pédé?
- /pe.de/
- /pɛd/
- \pe.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pédé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pédé in French?
pédé appears 1.3 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).