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diagonalement

French, adverb/dja.ɡɔ.nal.mɑ̃/

diagonalement is a French adverb meaning “diagonally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière diagonale”.

What does diagonalement mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    diagonally

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 diagonale. 2. En diagonale, plus ou moins bien.

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 diagonalement?

  • /dja.ɡɔ.nal.mɑ̃/
  • \dja.ɡɔ.nal.mɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is diagonalement in French?

diagonalement appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).