grosseur
French, noun/ɡʁo.sœʁ/
grosseur is spelled G-R-O-S-S-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grosseur is a French feminine noun meaning “thickness, width” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui est gros”.
What does grosseur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethickness, width
- 2
femininelump in the body
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de ce qui est gros. 2. Volume d’un corps. 3. Enflure. 4. Grossièreté, manque de finesse.
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 grosseur
- grosseurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grosseur?
- /ɡʁo.sœʁ/
- \ɡʁɔ.sœʁ\
- [ɡʁɔ.sœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grosseur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grosseur in French?
grosseur appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).