à terme
\a tɛʁm\
The verdict
“à terme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans un futur indéterminé, mais immanquablement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-terme · à terme · French
à terme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à terme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a tɛʁm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à terme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à terme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a tɛʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
à terme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à terme, spelled À- -T-E-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Dans un futur indéterminé, mais immanquablement.
- 2À crédit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à terme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur la gratuité scolaire au niveau postsecondaire – cheval de bataille de GND depuis l’époque de la grève étudiante –, la plateforme électorale propose désormais de l’atteindre « à terme », plutôt que dans un délai de cinq ans, comme lors des dernières élections.
Les dirigeants des pays membres de l'OTAN vont réaffirmer lors d'un sommet à Vilnius leur intention d'intégrer à terme l'Ukraine dans l'Alliance, mais la formulation exacte de cet engagement, qui répond à de fortes attentes de Kiev, fait l'objet d'intenses tractations.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.