grognon
French, adjective/ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/
grognon is spelled G-R-O-G-N-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grognon is a French adjective meaning “grumpy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui grogne. – Note d’usage : Le féminin est peu attesté quand il s’applique aux personnes”.
What does grognon mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grumpy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui grogne. – Note d’usage : Le féminin est peu attesté quand il s’applique aux personnes. 2. Renfrogné. – Note d’usage : Dans ce sens, il peut avoir un féminin.
noun: 1. Celui qui ne cesse de grogner.
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 grognon
- grognonne feminine
- grognons masculine plural
- grognonnes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grognon?
- /ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/
- \ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grognon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grognon in French?
grognon appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).