lamentablement
French, adverb/la.mɑ̃.ta.blə.mɑ̃/
lamentablement is spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-A-B-L-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lamentablement is a French adverb meaning “awfully; lamentably” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’un ton lamentable”.
What does lamentablement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
awfully; lamentably
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D’un ton lamentable. 2. De façon à se lamenter.
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 lamentablement?
- /la.mɑ̃.ta.blə.mɑ̃/
- \la.mɑ̃.ta.blə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lamentablement in French?
lamentablement appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).