sciemment
French, adverb/sja.mɑ̃/
sciemment is spelled S-C-I-E-M-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sciemment is a French adverb meaning “knowingly; deliberately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avec pleine connaissance de ce que l’on fait”.
What does sciemment mean in English?
adverb
- 1
knowingly; deliberately
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Avec pleine connaissance de ce que l’on fait.
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 sciemment?
- /sja.mɑ̃/
- \sja.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 sciemment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sciemment in French?
sciemment appears 2.0 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).