gribouri
\ɡʁi.bu.ʁi\
The verdict
“gribouri” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eumolpe de la vigne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gribouri · gribouri · French
gribouri · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gribouri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.bu.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gribouri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gribouri is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁi.bu.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eumolpe de la vigne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gribouri in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gribouri, spelled G-R-I-B-O-U-R-I.
Definition
- 1Eumolpe de la vigne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gribouri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’eumolpe de la vigne, vulgairement connu sous les noms d’écrivain, de gribouri, etc., a envahi, l'année dernière,' plusieurs vignobles de l'Hérault, et il est à craindre qu'il ne continue encore, cette année, le cours de ses déprédations.
Jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIᵉ siècle, on ne connaissait que très peu de parasites de la vigne, tels que certains insectes comme la cochylis, le gribouri ou le cigarier, qui provoquaient des dégâts limités pour les vignobles.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.