spécialement
French, adverb/spe.sjal.mɑ̃/
spécialement is spelled S-P-É-C-I-A-L-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spécialement is a French adverb meaning “especially, specially” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière spéciale, en désignant une personne, une chose particulière”.
What does spécialement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
especially, specially
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 spéciale, en désignant une personne, une chose particulière. 2. Tout particulièrement.
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.
Forms of spécialement
- espécialement dated rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spécialement?
- /spe.sjal.mɑ̃/
- \spe.sjal.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 spécialement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spécialement in French?
spécialement appears 25 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).