grésillement
French, noun/ɡʁe.zij.mɑ̃/
grésillement is spelled G-R-É-S-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grésillement is a French masculine noun meaning “sizzling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de grésiller ou résultat de cette action”.
What does grésillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesizzling
- 2
masculinecrackling (radio interference)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de grésiller ou résultat de cette action. 2. Bruit confus et sans signification.
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 grésillement
- grésillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grésillement?
- /ɡʁe.zij.mɑ̃/
- \ɡʁe.zij.mɑ̃\
- [ɡʁezijmɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grésillement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grésillement in French?
grésillement appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).