cretonne
French, noun/kʁə.tɔn/
cretonne is spelled C-R-E-T-O-N-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cretonne is a French feminine noun meaning “cretonne (strong, heavy fabric of cotton)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de toile très forte, soit en coton, ou à chaîne de chanvre et trame de lin”.
What does cretonne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecretonne (strong, heavy fabric of cotton)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de toile très forte, soit en coton, ou à chaîne de chanvre et trame de lin.
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 cretonne
- cretonnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cretonne?
- /kʁə.tɔn/
- \kʁə.tɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cretonne in French?
cretonne appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).