pédéraste
French, noun/pe.de.ʁast/
pédéraste is a French masculine noun meaning “pederast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui aime les jeunes garçons, généralement adolescents ou préadolescents”.
What does pédéraste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepederast
- 2
archaicmasculinehomosexual
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme qui aime les jeunes garçons, généralement adolescents ou préadolescents. 2. Homosexuel.
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 pédéraste
- pédérastes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pédéraste?
- /pe.de.ʁast/
- \pe.de.ʁast\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pédéraste in French?
pédéraste appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).