approximativement
French, adverb/a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv.mɑ̃/
approximativement is spelled A-P-P-R-O-X-I-M-A-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T (17 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Approximativement is a French adverb meaning “roughly, approximately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière approximative”.
What does approximativement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
roughly, approximately
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 approximative.
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 approximativement?
- /a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv.mɑ̃/
- \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv.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 approximativement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is approximativement in French?
approximativement appears 4.1 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).