grondin
French, noun\ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ̃\
grondin is spelled G-R-O-N-D-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grondin is a French masculine noun meaning “gurnard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une des espèces de poissons osseux des fonds marins, qui grognent au moyen d'un muscle agissant sur la…”.
What does grondin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegurnard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Une des espèces de poissons osseux des fonds marins, qui grognent au moyen d'un muscle agissant sur la vessie, et qui ont 3 "pattes" épineuses de chaque côté.
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 grondin
- grondins plural
- rouget-grondin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grondin?
- \ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ̃\
- [ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grondin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grondin in French?
grondin appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).