décommander
French, verb/de.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
décommander is spelled D-É-C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décommander is a French verb meaning “to cancel (an order, event, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Annuler une commande, un ordre, des instructions”.
What does décommander mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cancel (an order, event, etc.)
- 2
to put off (until another time)
- 3
to withdraw (an invitation)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Annuler une commande, un ordre, des instructions. 2. Remettre à une autre date ou supprimer une fête, une réunion à laquelle on avait invité.
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 décommander
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- décommandant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- décommandé participle past
- décommande first-person indicative present
- décommandes indicative present second-person
- décommandons first-person indicative plural
- décommandez indicative plural present
- décommandent indicative plural present
- décommandais first-person imperfect indicative
- décommandait imperfect indicative singular
- décommandions first-person imperfect indicative
- décommandiez imperfect indicative plural
- décommandaient imperfect indicative plural
- décommandai first-person historic indicative
- décommandas historic indicative past
- décommanda historic indicative past
- décommandâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décommander?
- /de.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
- \de.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décommander
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décommander in French?
décommander appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).