contenu
French, noun/kɔ̃t.ny/
contenu is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-U (7 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written French, the 1,564th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contenu is a French masculine noun meaning “content (that which is physically contained in a container)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of contenir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de choses se trouvant à l’intérieur d’un récipient ou d’un ensemble”.
What does contenu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontent (that which is physically contained in a container)
- 2
masculinecontent (subject matter)
verb
- 1
past participle of contenir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Enfermé dans un volume ou dans un espace. 2. Retenu, freiné.
noun: 1. Ensemble de choses se trouvant à l’intérieur d’un récipient ou d’un ensemble. 2. Ensemble des idées d’un texte. 3. Ensemble des phénomènes représentés sur la carte et éventuellement des autres informations portées sur elle.
verb: 1. Participe passé du verbe contenir.
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 contenu
- contenus plural
- contenue feminine
- contenues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contenu?
- /kɔ̃t.ny/
- \kɔ̃t.ny\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contenu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contenu in French?
contenu appears 54 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).