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)

  1. oath, pledge
    prestation de serment ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    prêter serment ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    serment d'allégeance ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    serment d'Hippocrate ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      La journée du lendemain se passa dans une douceur nouvelle. Ils se firent des serments. Elle lui raconta ses tristesses.
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    • 1970, Léo Ferré, “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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