coûteusement
French, adverb
coûteusement is spelled C-O-Û-T-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coûteusement is a French adverb meaning “expensively, in a costly way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, couteusement is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of coûteusement”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière coûteuse”.
What does coûteusement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
expensively, in a costly way
adverb
- 1
post-1990 spelling of coûteusement
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 coûteuse.
adverb: 1. De façon couteuse.
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 coûteusement
- couteusement alternative
- coûteusement
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is coûteusement in French?
coûteusement appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).