finitude
French, noun/fi.ni.tyd/
finitude is spelled F-I-N-I-T-U-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finitude is a French feminine noun meaning “finitude, impermanence, transience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui n’est pas éternel, notamment en parlant de l’être humain”.
What does finitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefinitude, impermanence, transience
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui n’est pas éternel, notamment en parlant de l’être humain.
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 finitude
- finitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finitude?
- /fi.ni.tyd/
- \fi.ni.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 finitude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is finitude in French?
finitude appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).