grattement
French, noun/ɡʁat.mɑ̃/
grattement is spelled G-R-A-T-T-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grattement is a French masculine noun meaning “scratching, scraping (sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de gratter, résultat de cette action”.
What does grattement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescratching, scraping (sound)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de gratter, résultat de cette action. 2. Démangeaison, picotement, irritation.
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 grattement
- grattements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grattement?
- /ɡʁat.mɑ̃/
- \ɡʁat.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grattement in French?
grattement appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).