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pompeusement

French, adverb/pɔ̃.pøz.mɑ̃/

pompeusement is spelled P-O-M-P-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pompeusement is a French adverb meaning “pompously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avec pompe, apparat et grandeur”.

What does pompeusement mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    pompously

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Avec pompe, apparat et grandeur. 2. Avec emphase et de façon maniérée. 3. Copieusement.

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 pompeusement?

  • /pɔ̃.pøz.mɑ̃/
  • \pɔ̃.pøz.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 pompeusement

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pompeusement in French?

pompeusement appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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