cavalièrement
French, adverb/ka.va.ljɛʁ.mɑ̃/
cavalièrement is spelled C-A-V-A-L-I-È-R-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavalièrement is a French adverb meaning “offhandedly (in a cavalier manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En cavalier, en homme du monde”.
What does cavalièrement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
offhandedly (in a cavalier manner)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En cavalier, en homme du monde. 2. D’un ton leste, avec brusquerie, inconvenance, sans égards.
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 cavalièrement?
- /ka.va.ljɛʁ.mɑ̃/
- \ka.va.ljɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cavalièrement in French?
cavalièrement appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).