grime
French, verb
grime is spelled G-R-I-M-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grime is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, grimé is a different word: “past participle of grimer”.
What does grime mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of grimer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personnage de vieillard ridicule. 2. Ride réalisée artificiellement pour donner à un acteur l'apparence d'une vieille personne. 3. Mauvais écolier ^([2]).
noun: 1. Style musical ayant émergé à Londres, au Royaume-Uni, au début des années 2000 principalement influencé par le garage, le drum and bass, le hip-hop et le dancehall.
adjective: 1. Déguisé.
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 grime
- grimée feminine
- grimés masculine plural
- grimées feminine plural
- grimes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is grime in French?
grime appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).