"serment" meaning in All languages combined

See serment on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /sɛʁ.mɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-serment.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-serment.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: serments [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|serement|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French serement, {{inh+|fr|frm|serement}} Inherited from Middle French serement, {{inh|fr|fro|sairement}} Old French sairement, {{inh|fr|la|sacramentum}} Latin sacramentum, {{doublet|fr|sacrement}} Doublet of sacrement Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} serment m (plural serments)
  1. oath, pledge Tags: masculine Derived forms: assermenter

Inflected forms

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