grenier
French, noun/ɡʁə.nje/
grenier is spelled G-R-E-N-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grenier is a French masculine noun meaning “granary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit où entreposer le grain”.
What does grenier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegranary
grenier d'abondance
- 2
masculineattic, garret (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Endroit où entreposer le grain. 2. Étage d’une maison qui est sous le comble. 3. Région, pays fertile dont on tire beaucoup de blé ou d’autre céréale. 4. Grenier à sel.
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 grenier
- greniers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grenier?
- /ɡʁə.nje/
- \ɡʁə.nje\
- [ɡʁǝ.nje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grenier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grenier in French?
grenier appears 8.5 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).