Meanings
plural divorcées
- A divorced woman.
With a man allowed to divorce his wife without stating reasons, there can be instances where the divorcée faces dire problems.
1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 4531 more example
There are, in fact, 52,238 different ways to express your particular kink. (I know because I counted them, with the help of Stacey Smith-Bajorek, a divorcée from down the street.)
2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 18
- not comparableDivorced (of a woman).
[She] was divorcee and had a kid (daughter). I accepted the kid and I kept her as my own child.
2010 November 1, Anita Jain, Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in the New India, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 1492 more examples
[She went] ballistic on him and told him that a woman who was divorcee, with three kids to raise, only wanted him for support.
(Can we date this quote?), Mercedes Vizarro, Cursed, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 49We -- we -- since she was divorcée, I persuaded our minister unfortunately to -- to give them together, just the same.
1997 08, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, Cross of Reality - 1953, Argo Books, →ISBN, page 354
Origin
- Frenchdivorcée
- Frenchdivorcée
- Englishdivorcée
Borrowed from French divorcée (“divorced woman”).
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Chinese Mandarin 離婚者 /离婚者
- 離婚者 /离婚者 (líhūnzhě)divorced woman
Finnish eronnut
- eronnutdivorced woman
French divorcée
- divorcéedivorced woman
German Geschiedene
- Geschiedenedivorced woman
Greek διαζευγμένη, ζωντοχήρα
- διαζευγμένη (diazevgméni)divorced woman
- ζωντοχήρα (zontochíra)divorced woman
Hebrew גרושה \ גְּרוּשָׁה
- גרושה \ גְּרוּשָׁה (grushá)divorced woman
Icelandic fráskilin kona
- fráskilin konadivorced woman
Latin vidua
- viduadivorced woman
Polish rozwódka, rozwiedziona
- rozwódkadivorced woman
- rozwiedzionadivorced woman
Russian разведённая
- разведённая (razvedjónnaja)divorced woman
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
divorcée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divorc%C3%A9e
“divorcée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divorc%C3%A9e. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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