gru
French, noun/ɡʁy/
gru is spelled G-R-U (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gru is a French masculine noun meaning “grits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gruau”.
What does gru mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrits
Défunte mémère faisait du gru avec le maïs que tu moulais, et alle faisait du bon gru avec ça.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gruau.
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 gru
- grus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gru?
- /ɡʁy/
- \ɡʁy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gru in French?
gru 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).