littérairement
French, adverb/li.te.ʁɛʁ.mɑ̃/
littérairement is spelled L-I-T-T-É-R-A-I-R-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Littérairement is a French adverb meaning “literarily (with respect to literature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une façon littéraire, au point de vue littéraire”.
What does littérairement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
literarily (with respect to literature)
'Littérairement parlant, ce texte ne vaut rien.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D’une façon littéraire, au point de vue littéraire.
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 littérairement?
- /li.te.ʁɛʁ.mɑ̃/
- \li.te.ʁɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is littérairement in French?
littérairement appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).