brusquement
French, adverb/bʁys.kə.mɑ̃/
brusquement is spelled B-R-U-S-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brusquement is a French adverb meaning “suddenly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière brusque, inattendue ou soudaine”.
What does brusquement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
suddenly
- 2
sharply, jerkily
- 3
brusquely, abruptly, bluntly
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 brusque, inattendue ou soudaine.
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 brusquement?
- /bʁys.kə.mɑ̃/
- \bʁys.kə.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 brusquement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brusquement in French?
brusquement 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).