dûment
French, adverb
dûment is spelled D-Û-M-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dûment is a French adverb meaning “duly; as due” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, dument is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of dûment”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Selon la raison, selon le droit, selon les formes”.
What does dûment mean in English?
adverb
- 1
duly; as due
- 2
justly; legitimately
adverb
- 1
post-1990 spelling of dûment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Selon la raison, selon le droit, selon les formes. 2. Dans le langage général, mais souvent avec une nuance de moquerie, de badinage : « comme il faut, d’une façon due, convenable ».
adverb: 1. Selon la raison, selon le droit, selon les formes. 2. Comme il faut, d’une façon due, convenable.
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 dûment
- dument alternative
- dûment
- duement archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dûment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dûment in French?
dûment appears 2.2 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).