témérairement
French, adverb\te.me.ʁɛʁ.mɑ̃\
témérairement is spelled T-É-M-É-R-A-I-R-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Témérairement is a French adverb meaning “rashly, recklessly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière téméraire”.
What does témérairement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
rashly, recklessly
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 téméraire. 2. Au hasard, inconsidérément. 3. Contre droit et raison.
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 témérairement?
- \te.me.ʁɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is témérairement in French?
témérairement appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).