vilainement
French, adverb/vi.lɛn.mɑ̃/
vilainement is spelled V-I-L-A-I-N-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vilainement is a French adverb meaning “displeasingly; uglily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une vilaine manière”.
What does vilainement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
displeasingly; uglily
- 2
dangerously
- 3
miserly; in a miserly way
- 4
immorally
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D’une vilaine manière.
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 vilainement?
- /vi.lɛn.mɑ̃/
- \vi.lɛn.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vilainement in French?
vilainement appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).