incontinence
French, noun/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃s/
incontinence is spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-C-E (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). Incontinence is a French feminine noun meaning “incontinence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Difficulté de se contenir, particulièrement dans l’ordre de la chasteté, de la continence”.
What does incontinence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincontinence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Difficulté de se contenir, particulièrement dans l’ordre de la chasteté, de la continence. 2. Manque de sobriété dans les paroles. 3. Émission involontaire d’urine par la vessie ou de matières fécales par l’anus.
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 incontinence
- incontinences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incontinence?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incontinence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incontinence in French?
incontinence 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).