contiguïté
French, noun
contiguïté is spelled C-O-N-T-I-G-U-Ï-T-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contiguïté is a French feminine noun meaning “contiguity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, contigüité is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of contiguïté”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui est contigu”.
What does contiguïté mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontiguity
noun
- 1
femininepost-1990 spelling of contiguïté
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de ce qui est contigu.
noun: 1. État de ce qui est contigu.
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 contiguïté
- contiguïtés plural
- contigüité alternative
- contigüités plural
- contiguïté
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to contiguïté
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contiguïté in French?
contiguïté appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).