désuétude

See also: desuetude

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsuētūdō (“disuse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.zɥe.tyd/, /de.sɥe.tyd/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -yd

Noun

désuétude f (plural désuétudes)

disuse
Near-synonym: abandon

laisser tomber en désuétude une coutume barbare ― to let a barbaric custom fall into disuse

C’est un terme tombé en désuétude depuis des années. ― It's a term which fell out of use years ago.

Related terms

désuet

Descendants

→ English: desuetude

References

“désuétude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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