Immédiatement
Example: Il faut répondre immédiatement à ce message important.
Definition
"Immédiatement" is an adverb meaning without any delay or instantly. It describes the action of responding or acting at once, as in the sentence 'Il faut répondre immédiatement à ce message important,' which means one must reply to this important message right away.
Etymology
The word "immédiatement" comes from the Latin 'immediatus,' meaning 'without anything in between,' combined with the French adverbial suffix '-ment.' Did you know? The root 'mediatus' relates to 'middle,' so "immédiatement" literally means 'without a middle' or 'directly.'
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"Immédiatement" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (A2) - set 2", containing 116 commonly used words.
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