détournement
French, noun/de.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃/
détournement is spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-N-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Détournement is a French masculine noun meaning “rerouting, diversion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de détourner”.
What does détournement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinererouting, diversion
- 2
masculinedetournement
- 3
masculineembezzlement, misappropriation (of funds)
- 4
masculinereinterpretation, reimagining, repurposing, repackaging
- 5
masculinehijacking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de détourner. 2. Pratique abusive par laquelle un fournisseur de services soustrait, sans avoir obtenu son consentement explicite, un client à un autre fournisseur.
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 détournement
- détournements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce détournement?
- /de.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃/
- \de.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃\
- [de.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to détournement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is détournement in French?
détournement appears 5.6 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).