dilatoire
French, adjective/di.la.twaʁ/
dilatoire is spelled D-I-L-A-T-O-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilatoire is a French adjective meaning “dilatory, delaying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tend à prolonger”.
What does dilatoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dilatory, delaying
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tend à prolonger. 2. Qualifie un acte qui tend à retarder l’issue d’un procès ou l’adoption d’un texte de loi, ou encore à repousser un paiement.
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 dilatoire
- dilatoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dilatoire?
- /di.la.twaʁ/
- \di.la.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dilatoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dilatoire in French?
dilatoire appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).