argument
French, noun/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃/
argument is spelled A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argument is a French masculine noun meaning “argument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Raisonnement construit selon certaines règles, par lequel on tire méthodiquement une conséquence d’une ou de…”.
What does argument mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineargument
Quels que soient les arguments que vous avancez, je ne pourrai pas vous croire.
- 2
masculineargument of a verb, phrase syntactically connected to a verb (object and subject)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Raisonnement construit selon certaines règles, par lequel on tire méthodiquement une conséquence d’une ou de plusieurs propositions. 2. Indice, preuve qui sert à affirmer ou à nier un fait. 3. Moyen pour convaincre. 4. Partie d’une thèse soutenue publiquement dans une université.
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.
Forms of argument
- arguments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argument?
- /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃/
- \aʁ.ɡy.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 argument
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is argument in French?
argument appears 19 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).