grogneur
French, noun/ɡʁɔ.ɲœʁ/
grogneur is spelled G-R-O-G-N-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grogneur is a French masculine noun meaning “grunter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme de grondeur (poisson)”.
What does grogneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrunter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui grogne souvent.
noun: 1. Synonyme de grondeur (poisson). 2. Un des noms vernaculaires du maigre commun (Argyrosomus regius) (poisson).
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 grogneur
- grogneurs plural
- grogneuse feminine
- grogneuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grogneur?
- /ɡʁɔ.ɲœʁ/
- \ɡʁɔ.ɲœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grogneur in French?
grogneur appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).