perversité
French, noun/pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te/
perversité is spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-I-T-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perversité is a French feminine noun meaning “perversity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de celui qui est pervers, qui a de la complaisance pour la dépravation”.
What does perversité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperversity
- 2
femininedepravity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de celui qui est pervers, qui a de la complaisance pour la dépravation. 2. Nature de ce qui est pervers.
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 perversité
- perversités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perversité?
- /pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te/
- \pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perversité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perversité in French?
perversité appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).