sourdement
French, adverb/suʁ.də.mɑ̃/
sourdement is spelled S-O-U-R-D-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sourdement is a French adverb meaning “silently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière sourde, peu retentissante”.
What does sourdement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
silently
- 2
secretly
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 sourde, peu retentissante. 2. D’une manière secrète et cachée. 3. D’une manière peu éclatante, peu marquée.
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 sourdement?
- /suʁ.də.mɑ̃/
- \suʁ.də.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sourdement in French?
sourdement appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).