gravement
French, adverb/ɡʁav.mɑ̃/
gravement is spelled G-R-A-V-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gravement is a French adverb meaning “seriously, badly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avec gravité ; d’une manière composée”.
What does gravement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
seriously, badly
gravement blessé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Avec gravité ; d’une manière composée. 2. Dangereusement, d’une manière à entraîner de fâcheuses conséquences. 3. Il indique un mouvement lent, mais moins lent que le mouvement indiqué par lentement. On dit et on écrit plus ordinairement grave en italien.
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 gravement
- bourguignon dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gravement?
- /ɡʁav.mɑ̃/
- \ɡʁav.mɑ̃\
- [ɡʁav.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 gravement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gravement in French?
gravement appears 8.7 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).