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gribiche

French, adjective/ɡʁi.biʃ/

gribiche is spelled G-R-I-B-I-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gribiche is a French adjective meaning “gribiche” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une sauce faite à base de jaune d’œuf cuit et de moutarde, puis montée à l’huile”.

What does gribiche mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    gribiche

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qualifie une sauce faite à base de jaune d’œuf cuit et de moutarde, puis montée à l’huile.

noun: 1. Femme ou fille maligne, méchante, pie-grièche ^([1]).

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 gribiche

  • gribiches plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gribiche?

  • /ɡʁi.biʃ/
  • \ɡʁi.biʃ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is gribiche in French?

gribiche appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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