gribouillage
French, noun\ɡʁi.bu.jaʒ\
gribouillage is spelled G-R-I-B-O-U-I-L-L-A-G-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gribouillage is a French masculine noun meaning “scribble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de gribouiller ou résultat de cette action”.
What does gribouillage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescribble
- 2
masculinescrawl
- 3
masculinedoodle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de gribouiller ou résultat de cette action. 2. Écriture mal formée. 3. Mauvais dessin, d’une peinture confuse, informe.
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 gribouillage
- gribouillages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gribouillage?
- \ɡʁi.bu.jaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gribouillage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gribouillage in French?
gribouillage appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).