CRS
French, noun\se.ɛ.ʁɛs\
CRS is spelled C-R-S (3 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). CRS is a French feminine noun meaning “French police reserve used as riot police and for crowd control” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de C.R.S”.
What does CRS mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineFrench police reserve used as riot police and for crowd control
La CRS 52 est basée à la Talaudière dans la Loire.
noun
- 1
masculinea policeman belonging to a Compagnie Républicaine de Sécurité
Un CRS est stationné à l'entrée de la Préfecture.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de C.R.S.
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 CRS
- CRSs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce CRS?
- \se.ɛ.ʁɛs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is CRS in French?
CRS appears 4.4 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).