sombrement
French, adverb\sɔ̃.bʁə.mɑ̃\
sombrement is spelled S-O-M-B-R-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sombrement is a French adverb meaning “darkly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière sombre”.
What does sombrement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
darkly
- 2
somberly
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 sombre.
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 sombrement?
- \sɔ̃.bʁə.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 sombrement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sombrement in French?
sombrement appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).