grincement
French, noun/ɡʁɛ̃s.mɑ̃/
grincement is spelled G-R-I-N-C-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grincement is a French masculine noun meaning “squeak, creak, rasp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit désagréable produit par certains frottements”.
What does grincement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesqueak, creak, rasp
- 2
masculinegnash, gnashing
- 3
masculinesquawk
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit désagréable produit par certains frottements. 2. Action de grincer les dents.
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 grincement
- grincements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grincement?
- /ɡʁɛ̃s.mɑ̃/
- \ɡʁɛ̃s.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grincement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grincement in French?
grincement appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).