discrètement
French, adverb/dis.kʁɛt.mɑ̃/
discrètement is spelled D-I-S-C-R-È-T-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Discrètement is a French adverb meaning “discreetly, discretely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avec retenue ; avec réserve”.
What does discrètement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
discreetly, discretely
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Avec retenue ; avec réserve. 2. Sans dire ce qui doit être tu. 3. De façon discontinue.
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 discrètement?
- /dis.kʁɛt.mɑ̃/
- \dis.kʁɛt.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 discrètement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discrètement in French?
discrètement appears 6.5 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).