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indéfiniment

French, adverb/ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃/

indéfiniment is spelled I-N-D-É-F-I-N-I-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indéfiniment is a French adverb meaning “indefinitely (for an indefinite amount of time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière indéfinie”.

What does indéfiniment mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    indefinitely (for an indefinite amount of time)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. D’une manière indéfinie. 2. Dans un sens indéfini. 3. Perpétuellement.

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.

How do you pronounce indéfiniment?

  • /ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃/
  • \ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to indéfiniment

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is indéfiniment in French?

indéfiniment appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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