décousu
French, adjective/de.ku.zy/
décousu is spelled D-É-C-O-U-S-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décousu is a French adjective meaning “unstitched” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of découdre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractérise des propos sans suite, un style qui n’a pas de liaison, des événements non reliés entre eux”.
What does décousu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unstitched
- 2
incoherent, disjointed
verb
- 1
past participle of découdre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Caractérise des propos sans suite, un style qui n’a pas de liaison, des événements non reliés entre eux.
noun: 1. Manque de cohérence, de structure.
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 décousu
- décousue feminine
- décousus masculine plural
- décousues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décousu?
- /de.ku.zy/
- \de.ku.zy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décousu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décousu in French?
décousu appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).