nullement
French, adverb/nyl.mɑ̃/
nullement is spelled N-U-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nullement is a French adverb meaning “used with ne to form negative statements” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En aucune manière ; pas du tout”.
What does nullement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
used with ne to form negative statements
Je ne suis nullement instruit de cette affaire.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En aucune manière ; pas du tout.
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 nullement?
- /nyl.mɑ̃/
- \nyl.mɑ̃\
- [nyl.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nullement in French?
nullement appears 4.6 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).