adultère
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin adulter (“adulterous; adulterer”).
Adjective edit
adultère (plural adultères)
- adulterous
- Synonym: infidèle
- 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “À l’ombre des maris”, in Fernande:
- Ne jetez pas la pierre à la femme adultère / Je suis derrière…
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Derived terms edit
Noun edit
adultère m or f by sense (plural adultères)
- adulterer, adulteress (an adulterous woman)
- 1739, Frédéric II, Voltaire, L'anti-Machiavel:
- Les lois de Saxe condamnaient tout adultère à avoir la tête tranchée.
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Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old French adultere, a borrowing from Latin adulterium, from adulter.
Noun edit
adultère m (plural adultères)
- adultery (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than his or her spouse)
- 1901, Pierre Louÿs, Les Aventures du roi Pausole:
- Elle connut les joies de l’adultère, l’étroitesse du fiacre, l’odeur du meublé, l’heure trop courte, le faux nom et la poste restante.
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Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
adultère
- inflection of adultérer:
Further reading edit
- “adultère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.