grincheux
French, adjective/ɡʁɛ̃.ʃø/
grincheux is spelled G-R-I-N-C-H-E-U-X (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grincheux is a French adjective meaning “ratty, grouchy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’un caractère exécrable, qui trouve à redire à tout”.
What does grincheux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ratty, grouchy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D’un caractère exécrable, qui trouve à redire à tout. 2. Par paréidolie
noun: 1. Personne aigrie.
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 grincheux
- grincheuse feminine
- grincheuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grincheux?
- /ɡʁɛ̃.ʃø/
- \ɡʁɛ̃.ʃø\
- [ɡʁɛ̃.ʃø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grincheux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grincheux in French?
grincheux appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).