grossièreté
French, noun\ɡʁo.sjɛʁ.te\
grossièreté is spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-È-R-E-T-É (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grossièreté is a French feminine noun meaning “coarseness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui manque de finesse, de délicatesse”.
What does grossièreté mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecoarseness
- 2
femininerudeness, profanity, obscenity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui manque de finesse, de délicatesse. 2. Rudesse qui vient du défaut de culture, d’éducation. 3. Impolitesse, défaut de civilité dans ce qu’on dit ou ce qu’on fait. 4. Manière de parler grossière.
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 grossièreté
- grossièretés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grossièreté?
- \ɡʁo.sjɛʁ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grossièreté
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grossièreté in French?
grossièreté 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).