proverbialement
French, adverb\pʁɔ.vɛʁ.bjal.mɑ̃\
proverbialement is spelled P-R-O-V-E-R-B-I-A-L-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proverbialement is a French adverb meaning “proverbially” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière proverbiale”.
What does proverbialement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
proverbially
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 proverbiale.
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 proverbialement?
- \pʁɔ.vɛʁ.bjal.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is proverbialement in French?
proverbialement appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).