discontinuer
French, verb/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
discontinuer is spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Discontinuer is a French verb meaning “to discontinue, to cease, to leave off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Interrompre pour un temps une action ou un ouvrage”.
What does discontinuer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discontinue, to cease, to leave off
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Interrompre pour un temps une action ou un ouvrage. 2. Cesser pour un temps, en parlant des choses ou des actions.
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 discontinuer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- discontinuant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- discontinué participle past
- discontinue first-person indicative present
- discontinues indicative present second-person
- discontinuons first-person indicative plural
- discontinuez indicative plural present
- discontinuent indicative plural present
- discontinuais first-person imperfect indicative
- discontinuait imperfect indicative singular
- discontinuions first-person imperfect indicative
- discontinuiez imperfect indicative plural
- discontinuaient imperfect indicative plural
- discontinuai first-person historic indicative
- discontinuas historic indicative past
- discontinua historic indicative past
- discontinuâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce discontinuer?
- /dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
- \dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to discontinuer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discontinuer in French?
discontinuer 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).