criée
French, noun/kʁi.je/
criée is spelled C-R-I-É-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criée is a French feminine noun meaning “auction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of crié. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice”.
What does criée mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineauction
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of crié
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. 2. Vente publique aux enchères. 3. Marché de gros ou de détail spécialisé dans la vente de la pêche du jour.
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 criée
- criées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criée?
- /kʁi.je/
- \kʁi.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is criée in French?
criée 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).