gravettien
French, adjective
gravettien is spelled G-R-A-V-E-T-T-I-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gravettien is a French adjective meaning “Gravettian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gravettien is a different word: “Gravettian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au Gravettien”.
What does gravettien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Gravettian
noun
- 1
masculineGravettian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phase du Paléolithique supérieur.
adjective: 1. Relatif au Gravettien.
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 gravettien
- gravettienne feminine
- gravettiens masculine plural
- gravettiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gravettien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gravettien in French?
gravettien appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).