divorcé

divorcé — noun

1. a man whose marriage has legally ended and who remains unmarried afterward

1.名詞C1
釋義

a man whose marriage has legally ended and who remains unmarried afterward

例句

After the court approved the papers, Karim rented a small flat as a divorcé.

after the divorce becomes legal

At fifty, Christopher was a divorcé raising two sons on weekends.

be a divorcé + family detail

同義詞
  • divorcee

    the more common modern spelling; often used as a gender-neutral label in everyday English

  • ex-husband

    focuses on a man's relationship to his former wife rather than his general status after divorce

用法筆記

Usually countable and used after the divorce is legally final, not while a couple is only separated. In modern everyday English, the unaccented spelling divorcee is more common and may refer to either a man or a woman.

常見錯誤

❌Mina became a divorcé after leaving her husband.
✅Mina became a divorcée after leaving her husband.
💡divorcé traditionally refers to a man, not a woman.
❌Ken is a divorcé because his wife died last year.
✅Ken is a widower because his wife died last year.
💡divorcé is used after a legal divorce, not after a spouse's death.