dédaigneusement
French, adverb/de.dɛ.ɲøz.mɑ̃/
dédaigneusement is spelled D-É-D-A-I-G-N-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dédaigneusement is a French adverb meaning “scornfully, disdainfully, contemptuously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière dédaigneuse”.
What does dédaigneusement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
scornfully, disdainfully, contemptuously
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 dédaigneuse.
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 dédaigneusement?
- /de.dɛ.ɲøz.mɑ̃/
- /de.de.ɲøz.mɑ̃/
- \de.dɛ.ɲøz.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 dédaigneusement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dédaigneusement in French?
dédaigneusement appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).