oisivement
French, adverb/wa.ziv.mɑ̃/
oisivement is spelled O-I-S-I-V-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oisivement is a French adverb meaning “idly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière oisive”.
What does oisivement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
idly
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 oisive.
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 oisivement?
- /wa.ziv.mɑ̃/
- \wa.ziv.mɑ̃\
- [wa.ziv.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oisivement in French?
oisivement appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).