incontinent
French, adjective/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃/
incontinent is spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incontinent is a French adjective meaning “incontinent, suffering from incontinence, enuretic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui manque de continence, qui n’est pas chaste, qui ne sait pas se retenir”.
What does incontinent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
incontinent, suffering from incontinence, enuretic
adverb
- 1
forthwith, at once
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manque de continence, qui n’est pas chaste, qui ne sait pas se retenir. 2. Qui ne contrôle pas ou plus ses sphincters, qui ne peut retenir la miction ou la défécation. 3. Qui ne se retient pas.
noun: 1. Qui ne maîtrise pas ses pulsions sexuelles.
adverb: 1. ou Aussitôt ; au même instant ; sur-le-champ.
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 incontinent
- incontinente feminine
- incontinents masculine plural
- incontinentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incontinent?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incontinent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incontinent in French?
incontinent appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).