codétenir
French, verb/kɔ.det.niʁ/
codétenir is spelled C-O-D-É-T-E-N-I-R (9 letters). Codétenir is a French verb meaning “to detain (or be detained) together with another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détenir en commun”.
What does codétenir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detain (or be detained) together with another
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Détenir en commun.
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 codétenir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- codétenant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- codétenu participle past
- codétiens first-person indicative present
- codétient indicative present singular
- codétenons first-person indicative plural
- codétenez indicative plural present
- codétiennent indicative plural present
- codétenais first-person imperfect indicative
- codétenait imperfect indicative singular
- codétenions first-person imperfect indicative
- codéteniez imperfect indicative plural
- codétenaient imperfect indicative plural
- codétins first-person historic indicative
- codétint historic indicative past
- codétînmes first-person historic indicative
- codétîntes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce codétenir?
- /kɔ.det.niʁ/
- /kɔ.dɛt.niʁ/
- \ko.de.tə.niʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.