continue
French, verb
continue is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-E (8 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written French, the 871st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continue is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, continué is a different word: “past participle of continuer”.
What does continue mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of continu
verb
- 1
past participle of continuer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans une filature appareil destiné à diviser la nappe en fils.
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 continue
- continuée feminine
- continués masculine plural
- continuées feminine plural
- continues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is continue in French?
continue appears 95 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).