foncièrement
French, adverb/fɔ̃.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃/
foncièrement is spelled F-O-N-C-I-È-R-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foncièrement is a French adverb meaning “fundamentally; at heart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À fond”.
What does foncièrement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
fundamentally; at heart
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. À fond. 2. Dans le fond.
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 foncièrement?
- /fɔ̃.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃/
- \fɔ̃.sjɛʁ.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 foncièrement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foncièrement in French?
foncièrement appears 1.3 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).