grelin
French, noun/ɡʁə.lɛ̃/
grelin is spelled G-R-E-L-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grelin is a French masculine noun meaning “warp, hawser (cable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit câble formé de fils de fer”.
What does grelin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewarp, hawser (cable)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit câble formé de fils de fer. 2. Nom donné à tout cordages formés par la réunion en toron d'autres cordages.
noun: 1. Lieu noir (poisson de nom scientifique Polliachus virens).
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 grelin
- grelins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grelin?
- /ɡʁə.lɛ̃/
- \ɡʁə.lɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grelin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grelin in French?
grelin appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).