nécessairement
French, adverb/ne.se.sɛʁ.mɑ̃/
nécessairement is spelled N-É-C-E-S-S-A-I-R-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nécessairement is a French adverb meaning “necessarily, inevitably, consequently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une façon nécessaire ; par un besoin absolu”.
What does nécessairement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
necessarily, inevitably, consequently
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 nécessaire ; par un besoin absolu. 2. Infailliblement ; forcément ; inévitablement. 3. Il s’emploie par opposition à librement.
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 nécessairement?
- /ne.se.sɛʁ.mɑ̃/
- \ne.se.sɛʁ.mɑ̃\
- [ne.se.sɛʁ.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nécessairement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nécessairement in French?
nécessairement appears 23 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).