désuétude
See also: desuetude
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin dēsuētūdō (“disuse”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdésuétude 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
editDescendants
edit- → English: desuetude
References
edit- “désuétude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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