absolument
French, adverb/ap.sɔ.ly.mɑ̃/
absolument is spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written French, the 1,092nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absolument is a French adverb meaning “absolutely; totally; completely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière absolue ; complètement ; tout à fait”.
What does absolument mean in English?
adverb
- 1
absolutely; totally; completely
- 2
informalat all costs
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D’une manière absolue ; complètement ; tout à fait. 2. En maître. 3. Déterminément, malgré toute opposition et toute remontrance. 4. Indispensablement ; à tout prix.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce absolument?
- /ap.sɔ.ly.mɑ̃/
- \ap.sɔ.ly.mɑ̃\
- [ap.sɔ.ly.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absolument
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absolument in French?
absolument appears 78 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).