continuer
French, verb/kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
continuer is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written French, the 1,092nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continuer is a French verb meaning “to continue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poursuivre ce qui est commencé”.
What does continuer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to continue
Il continue à me déranger.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poursuivre ce qui est commencé. 2. Persévérer dans une habitude. 3. Prolonger. 4. Prolonger à quelqu’un la possession de quelque chose.
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 continuer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- continuant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- continué participle past
- continue first-person indicative present
- continues indicative present second-person
- continuons first-person indicative plural
- continuez indicative plural present
- continuent indicative plural present
- continuais first-person imperfect indicative
- continuait imperfect indicative singular
- continuions first-person imperfect indicative
- continuiez imperfect indicative plural
- continuaient imperfect indicative plural
- continuai first-person historic indicative
- continuas historic indicative past
- continua historic indicative past
- continuâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce continuer?
- /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
- \kɔ̃.ti.nɥe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to continuer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is continuer in French?
continuer appears 78 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).