gravette
French, noun/ɡʁa.vɛt/
gravette is spelled G-R-A-V-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gravette is a French feminine noun meaning “ragworm, sandworm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Granulat utilisé pour le béton, le revêtement”.
What does gravette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineragworm, sandworm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Granulat utilisé pour le béton, le revêtement 2. Huitre sauvage, non parquée, du bassin d’Arcachon. 3. Ver polychète marin.
noun: 1. Pointe de projectile.
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 gravette
- gravettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gravette?
- /ɡʁa.vɛt/
- \ɡʁa.vɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gravette in French?
gravette appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).