creton
French, noun/kʁə.tɔ̃/
creton is spelled C-R-E-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Creton is a French masculine noun meaning “a piece of fat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de graisse”.
What does creton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea piece of fat
- 2
masculinea type of rillettes
- 3
masculinecreton
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de graisse. 2. Résidu de la fonte du suif, du lard gras ou de la graisse des animaux, utilisé en alimentation canine. 3. Pâté salé semblable à la rillette et fait à partir de gras et de viande de porc hachée. – Note : Se mange généralement sur du pain grillé : Des bonnes toasts aux cretons.
noun: 1. Résidu de la panne de porc après la fusion du saindoux. 2. Lard grillé.
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 creton
- cretons plural
- crétons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce creton?
- /kʁə.tɔ̃/
- \kʁə.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is creton in French?
creton appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).