figurativement
French, adverb/fi.ɡy.ʁa.tiv.mɑ̃/
figurativement is spelled F-I-G-U-R-A-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Figurativement is a French adverb meaning “figuratively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une matière figurative”.
What does figurativement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
figuratively
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D’une matière figurative.
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 figurativement?
- /fi.ɡy.ʁa.tiv.mɑ̃/
- \fi.ɡy.ʁa.tiv.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is figurativement in French?
figurativement appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).