involontairement
French, adverb/ɛ̃.vɔ.lɔ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃/
involontairement is spelled I-N-V-O-L-O-N-T-A-I-R-E-M-E-N-T (16 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,266th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Involontairement is a French adverb meaning “involuntarily; unintentionally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sans le vouloir”.
What does involontairement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
involuntarily; unintentionally
Il a renversé le vase involontairement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Sans le vouloir.
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 involontairement?
- /ɛ̃.vɔ.lɔ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.vɔ.lɔ̃.tɛʁ.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 involontairement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is involontairement in French?
involontairement appears 1.9 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).