précisément
French, adverb
précisément is spelled P-R-É-C-I-S-É-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written French, the 2,619th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Précisément is a French adverb meaning “in a precise manner; without approximation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, précisement is a different word: “alternative form of précisément”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avec précision ; exactement ; au plus juste”.
What does précisément mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in a precise manner; without approximation
- 2
specifically
- 3
exactly, precisely
- 4
indicates a logical link
adverb
- 1
alternative form of précisément
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Avec précision ; exactement ; au plus juste. 2. Véritablement ; réellement. 3. Oui, c’est cela.
adverb: 1. Variante de précisément. Dans précisément, l'accent aigu est une erreur de la langue moderne.
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 précisément
- précisement alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to précisément
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is précisément in French?
précisément appears 31 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).