déconcentré
French, adjective
déconcentré is spelled D-É-C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-É (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déconcentré is a French adjective meaning “suffering a loss of concentration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of déconcentrer. With an accent, déconcentre is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En état de déconcentration”.
What does déconcentré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
suffering a loss of concentration
verb
- 1
past participle of déconcentrer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. En état de déconcentration. 2. Relatif aux services territoriaux nés des réformes de décentralisation.
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 déconcentré
- déconcentrée feminine
- déconcentrés masculine plural
- déconcentrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is déconcentré in French?
déconcentré appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).