mâlement
French, adverb/mal.mɑ̃/
mâlement is spelled M-Â-L-E-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mâlement is a French adverb meaning “masculinely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En homme, de façon mâle, virilement”.
What does mâlement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
masculinely
- 2
virilely
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 fâcheuse, malheureuse.
adverb: 1. En homme, de façon mâle, virilement.
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 mâlement?
- /mal.mɑ̃/
- /mɑl.mɑ̃/
- \mal.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mâlement in French?
mâlement appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).