grillon
French, noun/ɡʁi.jɔ̃/
grillon is spelled G-R-I-L-L-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grillon is a French masculine noun meaning “cricket (insect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre d’insectes orthoptères dont les mâles produisent un bruit aigu et perçant par le frottement de leurs…”.
What does grillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecricket (insect)
- 2
masculineculinary specialty of the West of France, made with pieces of pork fried in fat and served cold (also sometimes denotes rillettes with fatty pieces)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre d’insectes orthoptères dont les mâles produisent un bruit aigu et perçant par le frottement de leurs élytres.
noun: 1. Spécialité culinaire de l’Ouest de la France, faite avec des morceaux de porc frits dans le gras et servis froids. Désigne aussi parfois des rillettes avec de gros morceaux.
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 grillon
- grillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grillon?
- /ɡʁi.jɔ̃/
- \ɡʁi.jɔ̃\
- [ɡʁi.jɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grillon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grillon in French?
grillon appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).