doucement
French, adverb/dus.mɑ̃/
doucement is spelled D-O-U-C-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,674th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doucement is a French adverb meaning “softly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière douce”.
What does doucement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
softly
- 2
quietly
- 3
gently
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 douce. 2. Avec ménagement, délicatement, sans violence, sans brutalité. 3. Lentement. 4. Sans bruit, avec peu de bruit.
interjection: 1. Interjection pour contenir ou réprimer la vivacité, la pétulance, l’impatience, l’emportement, etc., de quelqu’un. 2. Formule de politesse sollicitant le pardon des auditeurs.
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 doucement?
- /dus.mɑ̃/
- \dus.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 doucement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doucement in French?
doucement appears 21 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).