volontiers
French, adverb/vɔ.lɔ̃.tje/
volontiers is spelled V-O-L-O-N-T-I-E-R-S (10 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volontiers is a French adverb meaning “willingly; gladly; with pleasure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “De bonne volonté ; de bon gré ; de bon cœur”.
What does volontiers mean in English?
adverb
- 1
willingly; gladly; with pleasure
Il écoutera volontiers cette proposition.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. De bonne volonté ; de bon gré ; de bon cœur. 2. Facilement ; naturellement ; ordinairement. 3. Se dit aussi, dans ce sens, en parlant des êtres inanimés.
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 volontiers?
- /vɔ.lɔ̃.tje/
- \vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\
- [vɔ.lɔ̃.tje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to volontiers
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is volontiers in French?
volontiers appears 9.8 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).