perpétuité
French, noun/pɛʁ.pe.tɥi.te/
perpétuité is a French feminine noun meaning “perpetuity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Durée sans interruption, sans discontinuité”.
What does perpétuité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperpetuity
condamné à perpétuité
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Durée sans interruption, sans discontinuité. 2. Condamnation à la prison jusqu'à la fin de la vie. 3. Prisonnier à vie. 4. Condamnation à la prison pour une durée d'une dizaine d’années.
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 perpétuité
- perpétuités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perpétuité?
- /pɛʁ.pe.tɥi.te/
- \pɛʁ.pe.tɥi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perpétuité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perpétuité in French?
perpétuité appears 4.0 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).