stérilement
French, adverb\ste.ʁil.mɑ̃\
stérilement is spelled S-T-É-R-I-L-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stérilement is a French adverb meaning “sterilely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière stérile”.
What does stérilement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
sterilely
- 2
impotently
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 stérile. 2. D’une manière vaine.
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 stérilement?
- \ste.ʁil.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is stérilement in French?
stérilement appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).