crotte
French, noun
crotte is spelled C-R-O-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crotte is a French feminine noun meaning “excrement of human or animal origin; dropping; turd; dung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, crotté is a different word: “despicable person”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fiente, en forme de boulettes, de certains animaux”.
What does crotte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcrement of human or animal origin; dropping; turd; dung
- 2
femininea miserable or dangerous situation; shit
adjective
- 1
muddy, murky
noun
- 1
Canadamasculinedespicable person
verb
- 1
past participle of crotter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fiente, en forme de boulettes, de certains animaux. 2. Friandise au chocolat. 3. État indésirable, dangereux, misérable. 4. Mélange de poussière et d’eau de pluie, dans les rues, sur les chemins, etc.
interjection: 1. Exprime le dépit ou la colère, s'utilise à la place de merde.
adjective: 1. Sali par la boue ou par une matière similaire. 2. Misérable, pauvre, sale.
noun: 1. Personne méprisable.
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 crotte
- crottes plural
- crottée feminine
- crottés masculine plural
- crottées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to crotte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crotte in French?
crotte appears 1.8 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).