gratteux
French, noun/ɡʁa.tø/
gratteux is spelled G-R-A-T-T-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gratteux is a French masculine noun meaning “scratchcard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carte à gratter, utilisée dans les jeux de grattages comme billet de loterie”.
What does gratteux mean in English?
noun
- 1
Quebecinformalmasculinescratchcard
adjective
- 1
Quebecinformalstingy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carte à gratter, utilisée dans les jeux de grattages comme billet de loterie.
adjective: 1. Avare. 2. Qualifie un poisson susceptible de donner la gratte.
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 gratteux
- gratteuse feminine
- gratteuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gratteux?
- /ɡʁa.tø/
- \ɡʁa.tø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gratteux in French?
gratteux appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).