figurément
French, adverb/fi.ɡy.ʁe.mɑ̃/
figurément is spelled F-I-G-U-R-É-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,980th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Figurément is a French adverb meaning “figuratively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière figurée”.
What does figurément 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 manière figurée.
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 figurément?
- /fi.ɡy.ʁe.mɑ̃/
- \fi.ɡy.ʁe.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 figurément
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is figurément in French?
figurément appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).