dûment
Appearance
See also: dument
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dû (past participle of devoir) + -ment. Spelled with circumflex accented û as a mark of the e elided from the older spelling duement.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]dûment
- duly; as due
- justly; legitimately
- Synonyms: justement, légitimement, à juste titre
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dûment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.