grimace
French, noun
grimace is spelled G-R-I-M-A-C-E (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,266th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grimace is a French feminine noun meaning “grimace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of grimacer. With an accent, grimacé is a different word: “past participle of grimacer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contorsion du visage faite souvent à dessein”.
What does grimace mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrimace
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of grimacer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contorsion du visage faite souvent à dessein. 2. Feinte ; fausses apparences ; dissimulation ; simagrées. 3. Petite boite surmontée d’une pelote-d’épingles.
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 grimace
- grimaces plural
- grimacée feminine
- grimacés masculine plural
- grimacées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to grimace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grimace in French?
grimace appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).