impitoyablement
French, adverb/ɛ̃.pi.twa.ja.blə.mɑ̃/
impitoyablement is spelled I-M-P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 56,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impitoyablement is a French adverb meaning “ruthlessly, mercilessly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière impitoyable, sans aucune pitié”.
What does impitoyablement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
ruthlessly, mercilessly
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 impitoyable, sans aucune pitié.
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 impitoyablement?
- /ɛ̃.pi.twa.ja.blə.mɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.pi.twa.ja.blə.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 impitoyablement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impitoyablement in French?
impitoyablement appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).