craquelé
French, noun/kʁa.kle/
craquelé is spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-L-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Craquelé is a French masculine noun meaning “crackle (style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of craqueler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Porcelaine qui a reçu un émail fendillé”.
What does craquelé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrackle (style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks)
verb
- 1
past participle of craqueler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Porcelaine qui a reçu un émail fendillé. 2. Procédé destiné à obtenir une porcelaine craquelée ou un verre craquelé. 3. Défaut de l'émail des poteries dû à une dilatation différente entre le support et le glaçage. On peut maîtriser ce défaut pour obtenir de la porcelaine craquelée. 4. Pièce en porcelaine de Chine possédant des craquelures dans lesquelles on a introduit de l’encre de Chine pour en accentuer l’aspect.
adjective: 1. Qui présente des craquelures.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of craquelé
- craquelés plural
- craquelée feminine
- craquelées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce craquelé?
- /kʁa.kle/
- \kʁa.kə.le\
- \kʁa.kle\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to craquelé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is craquelé in French?
craquelé appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).