crissement
French, noun/kʁis.mɑ̃/
crissement is spelled C-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crissement is a French masculine noun meaning “screech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action des dents qui crissent”.
What does crissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescreech
adverb
- 1
Quebecdamn, very
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action des dents qui crissent. 2. Grincement aigu et soutenu que font des corps en frottement. 3. Bruit que fait le grillon.
adverb: 1. Vachement, tellement.
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 crissement
- crissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crissement?
- /kʁis.mɑ̃/
- \kʁis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crissement in French?
crissement appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).