torture
French, noun
torture is spelled T-O-R-T-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torture is a French feminine noun meaning “torture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of torturer. With an accent, torturé is a different word: “past participle of torturer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Souffrance cruelle, tourment qu’on fait souffrir”.
What does torture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetorture
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of torturer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Souffrance cruelle, tourment qu’on fait souffrir. 2. Souffrance physique qu’on inflige à quelqu’un par voie de justice. 3. Forte contrariété ; embarras pénible ; vive impatience.
adjective: 1. Qui souffre ou a souffert la torture.
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 torture
- tortures plural
- torturée feminine
- torturés masculine plural
- torturées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to torture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torture in French?
torture appears 11 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).