principalement
French, adverb/pʁɛ̃.si.pal.mɑ̃/
principalement is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-L-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written French, the 1,660th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Principalement is a French adverb meaning “mainly, principally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D'une façon principale, par-dessus tout”.
What does principalement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
mainly, principally
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D'une façon principale, par-dessus tout.
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 principalement?
- /pʁɛ̃.si.pal.mɑ̃/
- \pʁɛ̃.si.pal.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 principalement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is principalement in French?
principalement appears 50 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).