gravelle
French, noun/ɡʁa.vɛl/
gravelle is spelled G-R-A-V-E-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gravelle is a French feminine noun meaning “urinary calculus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affection caractérisée par la formation dans les reins ou dans l’urine de concrétions plus ou moins grosses…”.
What does gravelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineurinary calculus
- 2
femininetartrate (precipitations in wine)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affection caractérisée par la formation dans les reins ou dans l’urine de concrétions plus ou moins grosses, analogues à de petites pierres de la taille de grains de gravier. 2. Couche de tartre tapissant la paroi intérieure d’un tonneau ayant contenu du vin. 3. Lie de vin passée. 4. Marc séparé de la lie du vinaigre.
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 gravelle
- gravelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gravelle?
- /ɡʁa.vɛl/
- \ɡʁa.vɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gravelle in French?
gravelle appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).