graves
French, verb
graves is spelled G-R-A-V-E-S (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Graves is a French verb meaning “second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of graver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, gravés is a different word: “masculine plural of gravé”.
What does graves mean in English?
verb
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second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of graver
verb
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of gravé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans le sud-ouest de la France, terrain détritique de l’ère tertiaire constitué de graviers fluviatiles.
noun: 1. Vin des vignobles poussant sur les graves.
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.
How common is graves in French?
graves appears 25 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).