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)

  1. 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.

Descendants

  • → English: desuetude

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.