gaiment
French, adverb
gaiment is spelled G-A-I-M-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaiment is a French adverb meaning “post-1990 spelling of gaiement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, gaîment is a different word: “alternative spelling of gaiement”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière gaie”.
What does gaiment mean in English?
adverb
- 1
post-1990 spelling of gaiement
adverb
- 1
alternative spelling of gaiement
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 gaie. 2. Rapidement, d'un bon train.
adverb: 1. Variante orthographique de gaiement.
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 gaiment
- gaiement
- gaîment
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gaiment in French?
gaiment appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).