craquelure
French, noun/kʁa.klyʁ/
craquelure is spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-L-U-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Craquelure is a French feminine noun meaning “a small crack, usually in paint, glaze, varnish and similar substances” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fendillement qui se produit dans un vernis, dans un émail, etc”.
What does craquelure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea small crack, usually in paint, glaze, varnish and similar substances
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fendillement qui se produit dans un vernis, dans un émail, etc. 2. Fissure. 3. Fissure de petites dimensions qui se forme dans un matériau polymère et dont les parois restent reliées par des filaments.
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 craquelure
- craquelures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce craquelure?
- /kʁa.klyʁ/
- \kʁa.klyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to craquelure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is craquelure in French?
craquelure appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).