bêtement
French, adverb/bɛt.mɑ̃/
bêtement is spelled B-Ê-T-E-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bêtement is a French adverb meaning “stupidly, idiotically” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Comme une bête le ferait, stupidement”.
What does bêtement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
stupidly, idiotically
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Comme une bête le ferait, stupidement.
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 bêtement?
- /bɛt.mɑ̃/
- \bɛt.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 bêtement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bêtement in French?
bêtement appears 3.8 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).