grêlon
French, noun/ɡʁɛ.lɔ̃/
grêlon is spelled G-R-Ê-L-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grêlon is a French masculine noun meaning “a hailstone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gros grain de grêle”.
What does grêlon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea hailstone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gros grain de grêle.
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 grêlon
- grêlons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grêlon?
- /ɡʁɛ.lɔ̃/
- /ɡʁe.lɔ̃/
- \ɡʁɛ.lɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grêlon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grêlon in French?
grêlon appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).