hardiment
French, adverb/aʁ.di.mɑ̃/
hardiment is spelled H-A-R-D-I-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,791st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hardiment is a French adverb meaning “boldly; daringly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avec hardiesse”.
What does hardiment mean in English?
adverb
- 1
boldly; daringly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Avec hardiesse. 2. Avec effronterie, impudence. 3. Librement, sans hésiter. 4. Sans crainte de se tromper, d’aller au delà.
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 hardiment?
- /aʁ.di.mɑ̃/
- ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.di.mɑ̃\
- \aʁ.di.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 hardiment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hardiment in French?
hardiment appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).