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décrépitude

French, noun/de.kʁe.pi.tyd/

décrépitude is a French feminine noun meaning “decrepitude, decay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déchéance physique qui provient d’un état de vieillesse extrême”.

What does décrépitude mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedecrepitude, decay

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Déchéance physique qui provient d’un état de vieillesse extrême. 2. Déchéance morale.

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 décrépitude

  • décrépitudes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce décrépitude?

  • /de.kʁe.pi.tyd/
  • \de.kʁe.pi.tyd\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to décrépitude

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is décrépitude in French?

décrépitude 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).