hargneusement
French, adverb/aʁ.ɲøz.mɑ̃/
hargneusement is spelled H-A-R-G-N-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hargneusement is a French adverb meaning “belligerently, aggressively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D'une manière hargneuse”.
What does hargneusement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
belligerently, aggressively
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 hargneuse.
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 hargneusement?
- /aʁ.ɲøz.mɑ̃/
- \aʁ.njøz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hargneusement in French?
hargneusement appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).