gressin
French, noun/ɡʁɛ.sɛ̃/
gressin is spelled G-R-E-S-S-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gressin is a French masculine noun meaning “breadstick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit pain allongé, sec et friable, pouvant se conserver plusieurs semaines, originaire de la région de Turin”.
What does gressin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreadstick
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit pain allongé, sec et friable, pouvant se conserver plusieurs semaines, originaire de la région de Turin.
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 gressin
- gressins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gressin?
- /ɡʁɛ.sɛ̃/
- /ɡʁe.sɛ̃/
- \ɡʁe.sɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gressin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gressin in French?
gressin appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).