lointainement
French, adverb/lwɛ̃.tɛn.mɑ̃/
lointainement is spelled L-O-I-N-T-A-I-N-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lointainement is a French adverb meaning “distantly, remotely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Au loin, dans le lointain”.
What does lointainement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
distantly, remotely
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Au loin, dans le lointain. 2. D’une manière lointaine, de loin, vaguement.
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 lointainement?
- /lwɛ̃.tɛn.mɑ̃/
- \lwɛ̃.tɛn.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lointainement in French?
lointainement appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).