serment

French

Etymology

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/

• Audio:

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Noun

serment m (plural serments)

1. oath, pledge

Derived terms

• assermenter

Further reading

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