fermement
French, adverb/fɛʁ.mə.mɑ̃/
fermement is spelled F-E-R-M-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fermement is a French adverb meaning “firmly, strongly, tightly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière ferme, avec force, avec vigueur”.
What does fermement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
firmly, strongly, tightly
- 2
hard
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 ferme, avec force, avec vigueur. 2. Avec assurance, autorité, constance.
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 fermement?
- /fɛʁ.mə.mɑ̃/
- \fɛʁ.mə.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 fermement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fermement in French?
fermement appears 6.2 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).