salope
French, noun
salope is spelled S-A-L-O-P-E (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salope is a French feminine noun meaning “slut (promiscuous woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of saloper. With an accent, salopé is a different word: “past participle of saloper”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne sale, malpropre”.
What does salope mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininevulgarslut (promiscuous woman)
- 2
derogatoryfemininevulgarbitch (mean woman)
- 3
derogatoryfemininevulgarmale or female sexual partner, salacious, lustful or submissive
- 4
archaicfeminineslovenly woman
adjective
- 1
immoral, promiscuous, slutty
- 2
mean, unkind
- 3
archaicslovenly, dirty
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of saloper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sale, malpropre. 2. Qui inspire le dégoût et la répugnance. 3. À caractère sexuel.
noun: 1. Personne sale, malpropre. 2. Suivant les époques : Femme portée sur le sexe, dévergondée, débauchée, adultère, ou ayant perdu sa virginité hors-mariage. 3. Femme, ou plus rarement homme, plus ou moins méprisable, sans morale ni loyauté, indépendamment de sa sexualité. 4. Partenaire masculin ou féminin, salace, lubrique ou soumis. Le mot peut être employé de façon ludique entre partenaires sexuels, dans un contexte où l’entente suppose qu’il perde son caractère blessant.
noun: 1. Partie collectant les boues d’une machine à draguer. 2. Bateau à fond plat, marie-salope, chaland destiné à recevoir la vase extraite par dragage.
noun: 1. Limande cardine.
noun: 1. Sorte de manteau de femme.
noun: 1. Coussinet de tissu enduit de suif, destiné à graisser les fers à repasser, en chapellerie.
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 salope
- salopes plural
- salaud masculine suppletive
- salopée feminine
- salopés masculine plural
- salopées feminine plural
- salop masculine
- saloppe
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to salope
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salope in French?
salope appears 20 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).