/fɔʁ.se.mɑ̃/
Translation
necessarily, inevitably
Word origin
From forcé, the past participle of forcer, plus the adverb-forming suffix -ment. Force itself comes from Vulgar Latin fortia, from Latin fortis ('strong').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fortis
- English cognates
- force, fort, effort
Examples
' .
That is not necessarily bad news.
, .
He must have seen the message, he was online.
pars , .
If you leave now, you will inevitably arrive late.
.
The most expensive ones are not necessarily the best.
, ' prévenu .
Inevitably, nobody had warned the neighbours.
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