abandon
French, noun/a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/
abandon is spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abandon is a French masculine noun meaning “surrender; desertion; withdrawal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’une personne, d’une chose abandonnée”.
What does abandon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurrender; desertion; withdrawal
abandon scolaire
- 2
masculineabandonment, abandoning
faire l'abandon de quelque chose
- 3
masculinestate of neglect
être à l'abandon
- 4
masculineabandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’une personne, d’une chose abandonnée. 2. Action d’abandonner, de délaisser. 3. Acte de renoncer à une qualité, un emploi ou un poste. 4. Fait de renoncer à une cause, une croyance.
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 abandon
- abandons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abandon?
- /a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/
- \a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃\
- [œ̃.n̪‿a.bɑ̃.d̪ɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abandon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abandon in French?
abandon appears 17 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).