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subsidiairement

French, adverb/syp.si.djɛʁ.mɑ̃/

subsidiairement is spelled S-U-B-S-I-D-I-A-I-R-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subsidiairement is a French adverb meaning “subsidiarily, supplementally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière subsidiaire ; en second lieu”.

What does subsidiairement mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    subsidiarily, supplementally

  2. 2

    secondarily, subordinately

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 subsidiaire ; en second lieu.

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 subsidiairement?

  • /syp.si.djɛʁ.mɑ̃/
  • \syb.zi.djɛʁ.mɑ̃\
  • \syp.si.djɛʁ.mɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is subsidiairement in French?

subsidiairement appears about once in every 10 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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