maintenue
French, verb\mɛ̃.tə.ny\
maintenue is spelled M-A-I-N-T-E-N-U-E (9 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maintenue is a French feminine verb meaning “feminine singular of maintenu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does maintenue mean in English?
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of maintenu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Confirmation, par jugement, dans la possession d’un bien ou d’un droit litigieux.
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 maintenue
- maintenues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maintenue?
- \mɛ̃.tə.ny\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maintenue in French?
maintenue appears 4.3 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).