summum
French, noun/sɔ.mɔm/
summum is spelled S-U-M-M-U-M (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Summum is a French masculine noun meaning “summit, apogee, acme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le plus haut point, acmé, apogée”.
What does summum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesummit, apogee, acme
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le plus haut point, acmé, apogée.
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 summum
- summums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce summum?
- /sɔ.mɔm/
- \sɔ.mɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to summum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is summum in French?
summum appears 1.5 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).