grésil
French, noun/ɡʁe.zil/
grésil is spelled G-R-É-S-I-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 93,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grésil is a French masculine noun meaning “sleet, ice pellet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite grêle fort menue et dure”.
What does grésil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesleet, ice pellet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite grêle fort menue et dure. 2. Granules formés de neige et de cristaux de glace. 3. Bruit semblable à celui d’une précipitation de ce météore.
noun: 1. Variante de groisil.
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 grésil
- grésils plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grésil?
- /ɡʁe.zil/
- /ɡʁe.zi/
- \ɡʁe.zil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grésil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grésil in French?
grésil appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).