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servilement

French, adverb\sɛʁ.vil.mɑ̃\

servilement is spelled S-E-R-V-I-L-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Servilement is a French adverb meaning “servilely, slavishly, subserviently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière servile, rampante”.

What does servilement mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    servilely, slavishly, subserviently

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 servile, rampante. 2. Trop exactement, trop à la lettre.

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 servilement?

  • \sɛʁ.vil.mɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is servilement in French?

servilement appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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