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/
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Noun

serment m (plural serments)

oath, pledge

Derived terms

assermenter

Further reading

“serment” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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