cresson
French, noun/kʁə.sɔ̃/
cresson is spelled C-R-E-S-S-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cresson is a French masculine noun meaning “watercress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante de la famille des Brassicacées dont l’espèce la plus connue pousse dans les eaux vives et se mange…”.
What does cresson mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewatercress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des Brassicacées dont l’espèce la plus connue pousse dans les eaux vives et se mange ordinairement en salade ou avec du rôti. 2. Nom donné à plusieurs espèces de plantes herbacées généralement comestibles d’aspect plus ou moins semblable et poussant souvent dans des zones humides.
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 cresson
- cressons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cresson?
- /kʁə.sɔ̃/
- /kʁɛ.sɔ̃/
- /kʁe.sɔ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cresson
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cresson in French?
cresson appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).