pesamment
French, adverb/pə.za.mɑ̃/
pesamment is spelled P-E-S-A-M-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pesamment is a French adverb meaning “heavily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière pesante”.
What does pesamment mean in English?
adverb
- 1
heavily
Near-synonym: lourdement
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 pesante. 2. De toutes pièces, en parlant d'armer des soldats de l’antiquité, fantassins ou cavaliers. 3. De façon peu élégante, avec lourdeur, avec insistance.
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.
Forms of pesamment
- pesantement alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pesamment?
- /pə.za.mɑ̃/
- \pə.za.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pesamment in French?
pesamment appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).