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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēsuētūdō (“disuse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.zɥe.tyd/, /de.sɥe.tyd/
- 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.
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