atroce
French, adjective/a.tʁɔs/
atroce is a French adjective meaning “atrocious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Noir, sombre”.
What does atroce mean in English?
adjective
- 1
atrocious
- 2
terrible, dreadful
- 3
inhuman, savage, cruel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Noir, sombre. 2. Qui est cruel, sombre, menaçant, en parlant des personnes ou des choses. 3. Qui est très douloureux au sens physique et au sens moral.
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 atroce
- atroces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atroce?
- /a.tʁɔs/
- \a.tʁɔs\
- [at.ʁɔs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atroce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atroce in French?
atroce appears 4.0 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).