puérilement
French, adverb\pɥe.ʁil.mɑ̃\
puérilement is spelled P-U-É-R-I-L-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puérilement is a French adverb meaning “youthfully” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière puérile”.
What does puérilement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
youthfully
- 2
childishly
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 puérile.
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 puérilement?
- \pɥe.ʁil.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is puérilement in French?
puérilement appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).