grossier
French, adjective/ɡʁo.sje/
grossier is spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grossier is a French adjective meaning “coarse (physically, not fine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas fin, qui n’est pas délicat”.
What does grossier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
coarse (physically, not fine)
- 2
shoddy (not well-made)
- 3
coarse
- 4
rude, uncouth
- 5
gross
grossière erreur d'arbitrage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas fin, qui n’est pas délicat. 2. Qui n’est pas fait avec délicatesse, avec soin. 3. Qui a de la rudesse, qui manque de culture, d’éducation. 4. Malhonnête, incivil.
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 grossier
- grossière feminine
- grossiers masculine plural
- grossières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grossier?
- /ɡʁo.sje/
- \ɡʁo.sje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grossier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grossier in French?
grossier appears 4.0 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).