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béotiennement

French, adverb/be.ɔ.sjɛn.mɑ̃/

béotiennement is a French adverb meaning “philistinely, tastelessly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À la manière d’un béotien, d’un rustre, lourdement, sans goût, sans culture”.

What does béotiennement mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    philistinely, tastelessly

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. À la manière d’un béotien, d’un rustre, lourdement, sans goût, sans culture.

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 béotiennement?

  • /be.ɔ.sjɛn.mɑ̃/
  • \be.ɔ.sjɛn.mɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.