CDI
French, noun/se.de.i/
CDI is spelled C-D-I (3 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,701st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). CDI is a French masculine noun meaning “open-ended contract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contrat à durée indéterminée, type de contrat de travail en France”.
What does CDI mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineopen-ended contract
noun
- 1
masculinedocumentation and information centre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contrat à durée indéterminée, type de contrat de travail en France. 2. Bibliothèque d'un collège et d'un lycée français.
noun: 1. Cellule dendritique interdigitée.
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.
How do you pronounce CDI?
- /se.de.i/
- \se.de.i\
- [se.de.i]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is CDI in French?
CDI appears 10 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).