serment

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French serement (1415, Charles d'Orléans), from Old French sairement (twelfth century), from earlier sagrament (842, Serments de Strasbourg), from Latin sacramentum. Doublet of sacrement.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.mɑ̃/
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Noun

serment m (plural serments)

oath, pledge
- 1970, Léo Ferré (lyrics and music), “Avec les temps”:
  Entre les mots, entre les lignes et sous le fard / D’un serment maquillé qui s’en va faire sa nuit / Avec le temps tout s’évanouit
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Derived terms

Further reading

“serment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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