passablement
French, adverb/pa.sa.blə.mɑ̃/
passablement is spelled P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passablement is a French adverb meaning “passably or reasonably well” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière passable, de manière qu’on puisse s’en contenter”.
What does passablement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
passably or reasonably well
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 passable, de manière qu’on puisse s’en contenter. 2. D’une manière dépassant en mal la mesure ordinaire.
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 passablement?
- /pa.sa.blə.mɑ̃/
- /pɑ.sa.blə.mɑ̃/
- \pa.sa.blə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is passablement in French?
passablement appears 1.7 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).