French word

fraîchement

Pronunciation

IPA/fʁɛʃəmɑ̃/

Meaning

  • adverbjust

Example

Les croissants sont fraîchement sortis du four.

The croissants have just come out of the oven.

Illustration for fraîchement (just)

More examples

Il est fraîchement arrivé ce matin.

He just arrived this morning.

Core concept

A newly finished result with its freshness still perceptible.

Common phrases

  • fraîchement arrivé

    just arrived

  • fraîchement lavé

    freshly washed

Similar words

récemment: Not long ago.
à l'instant: A very short time ago.
tout juste: Only just recently.
nouvellement: Recently created or started and still relatively new.

Definition in French

Sert à souligner qu'un objet, un résultat ou un état est récent et présente encore des traits de fraîcheur ou de nouveauté.

Word origin

The adverb fraîchement comes from fraîche, the feminine form of frais, plus the productive suffix -ment used to form French adverbs.

Usage tips

  • Récemment mainly marks when something happened, whereas fraîchement highlights the fresh state of the resulting object or condition.

Other meanings

  • freshlyadverb
  • newlyadverb

Opposites

  • anciennementformerlyadverb

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