aigrement
French, adverb/ɛ.ɡʁə.mɑ̃/
aigrement is a French adverb meaning “sharply, sourly, acidly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière aigre ; avec aigreur”.
What does aigrement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
sharply, sourly, acidly
- 2
shrilly, bitingly
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 aigre ; avec aigreur.
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 aigrement?
- /ɛ.ɡʁə.mɑ̃/
- /e.ɡʁə.mɑ̃/
- \ɛ.ɡʁə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aigrement in French?
aigrement appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).