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strictement

French, adverb/stʁik.tə.mɑ̃/

strictement is spelled S-T-R-I-C-T-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strictement is a French adverb meaning “strictly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière stricte”.

What does strictement mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    strictly

    strictement interdit

  2. 2

    absolutely, utterly

    Ca n'a strictement rien avoir avec toi. Tu t'occupes de tes fesses!

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 stricte. 2. Absolument 3. En excluant l’égalité, sans être égal.

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 strictement?

  • /stʁik.tə.mɑ̃/
  • \stʁik.tə.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 strictement

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is strictement in French?

strictement appears 14 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).

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