griset
French, noun/ɡʁi.zɛ/
griset is spelled G-R-I-S-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Griset is a French masculine noun meaning “greypate, graypate (young goldfinch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeune chardonneret qui est encore gris, qui n’a pas encore pris son rouge et son jaune vif”.
What does griset mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreypate, graypate (young goldfinch)
- 2
masculinesynonym of requin griset: cow shark (Hexanchidae spp.), especially bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)
- 3
masculineblack seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
- 4
masculinegrey knight, dirty tricholoma (Tricholoma terreum)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeune chardonneret qui est encore gris, qui n’a pas encore pris son rouge et son jaune vif. 2. Variante de requin griset (poisson), parfois de requin perlon. 3. Synonyme de dorade grise (poisson). 4. Synonyme de tricholome couleur de souris (espèce de champignons).
adjective: 1. De l’étoffe appelée griset.
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 griset
- grisets plural
- grisette singular feminine
- grisettes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce griset?
- /ɡʁi.zɛ/
- \ɡʁi.zɛ\
- \ɡʁi.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is griset in French?
griset 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).