gratiné
French, verb
gratiné is spelled G-R-A-T-I-N-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gratiné is a French verb meaning “past participle of gratiner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, gratine is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does gratiné mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of gratiner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Cuit à la manière d’un gratin et qui présente une couche superficielle rigide, par exemple parce qu’on y a mis du fromage, de la crème ou de la chapelure. 2. Particulièrement difficile, ardu, complexe. 3. Se dit d’une personne apte à résoudre cette difficulté. Fortiche. 4. Particulièrement réussi, qui dépasse les attentes.
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 gratiné
- gratinée feminine
- gratinés masculine plural
- gratinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gratiné in French?
gratiné appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).