grondement
French, noun/ɡʁɔ̃d.mɑ̃/
grondement is spelled G-R-O-N-D-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grondement is a French masculine noun meaning “grumble; rumble (noise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit sourd”.
What does grondement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrumble; rumble (noise)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit sourd. 2. Son grave, d’une fréquence inférieure à une centaine de hertz, caractérisant une instabilité de combustion dans un moteur à ergols liquides ; par extension, cette instabilité elle-même.
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 grondement
- grondements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grondement?
- /ɡʁɔ̃d.mɑ̃/
- \ɡʁɔ̃d.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 grondement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grondement in French?
grondement 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).