crible
French, noun
crible is spelled C-R-I-B-L-E (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crible is a French masculine noun meaning “sieve, sifter, riddle (any device with holes used to separate small things from larger things)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cribler. With an accent, criblé is a different word: “riddled (de (“with”)), covered (de (“in”))”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument percé d’un grand nombre de trous qui sert à trier des objets de grosseur ou de qualité inégales…”.
What does crible mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesieve, sifter, riddle (any device with holes used to separate small things from larger things)
- 2
masculinesieve
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
riddled (de (“with”)), covered (de (“in”))
verb
- 1
past participle of cribler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument percé d’un grand nombre de trous qui sert à trier des objets de grosseur ou de qualité inégales, en laissant passer les uns et en repoussant les autres. 2. Moyen d'épuration, de tri, de sélection. 3. Procédé permettant de trouver par élimination tous les entiers naturels premiers inférieurs à un certain nombre donné N.
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 crible
- cribles plural
- criblée feminine
- criblés masculine plural
- criblées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to crible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crible in French?
crible appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).