craquelin
French, noun/kʁa.klɛ̃/
craquelin is spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-L-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Craquelin is a French masculine noun meaning “cracker (biscuit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de gâteau qui craque sous les dents lorsqu’on le mange”.
What does craquelin mean in English?
noun
- 1
Quebecmasculinecracker (biscuit)
- 2
masculinea type of brioche that is filled with nib sugar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de gâteau qui craque sous les dents lorsqu’on le mange. 2. Pain au lait avec des pépites de sucre sur le dessus. 3. Variété de biscuit sec anglais. 4. Crabe qui vient de muer.
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 craquelin
- craquelins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce craquelin?
- /kʁa.klɛ̃/
- \kʁa.klɛ̃\
- \kʁak.lɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to craquelin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is craquelin in French?
craquelin appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).