cruelle
French, adjective/kʁy.ɛl/
cruelle is spelled C-R-U-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cruelle is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of cruel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cruelle mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cruel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui repousse les avances de son soupirant. 2. Nom qu’on donne à de l’eau-de-vie rendue plus brûlante par l’addition de substances âcres.
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 cruelle
- cruelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cruelle?
- /kʁy.ɛl/
- \kʁy.ɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cruelle in French?
cruelle appears 3.5 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).