naïvement
French, adverb/na.iv.mɑ̃/
naïvement is spelled N-A-Ï-V-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naïvement is a French adverb meaning “naively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avec naïveté”.
What does naïvement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
naively
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Avec naïveté.
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 naïvement?
- /na.iv.mɑ̃/
- \na.iv.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is naïvement in French?
naïvement appears 1.3 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).