précédemment
French, adverb/pʁe.se.da.mɑ̃/
précédemment is spelled P-R-É-C-É-D-E-M-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Précédemment is a French adverb meaning “before, before now” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Auparavant, antérieurement”.
What does précédemment mean in English?
adverb
- 1
before, before now
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Auparavant, antérieurement.
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 précédemment?
- /pʁe.se.da.mɑ̃/
- \pʁe.se.da.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 précédemment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is précédemment in French?
précédemment appears 19 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).