prétentieusement
French, adverb\pʁe.tɑ̃.sjøz.mɑ̃\
prétentieusement is spelled P-R-É-T-E-N-T-I-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prétentieusement is a French adverb meaning “pretentiously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière prétentieuse”.
What does prétentieusement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
pretentiously
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 prétentieuse.
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 prétentieusement?
- \pʁe.tɑ̃.sjøz.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 prétentieusement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prétentieusement in French?
prétentieusement appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).