grunge
French, noun/ɡʁœnʒ/
grunge is spelled G-R-U-N-G-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grunge is a French masculine noun meaning “grunge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre musical dérivé du rock alternatif apparu vers le milieu des années 1980 à Seattle, inspiré par le punk…”.
What does grunge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrunge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre musical dérivé du rock alternatif apparu vers le milieu des années 1980 à Seattle, inspiré par le punk hardcore, le heavy metal et le rock indé. 2. Aspect volontairement sale et négligé.
adjective: 1. Relatif à ce genre musical. 2. Débraillé, volontairement peu soigné, en parlant d’un style vestimentaire porté par les fans de ce mouvement.
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 grunge
- grunges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grunge?
- /ɡʁœnʒ/
- \ɡʁœnʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grunge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grunge in French?
grunge 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).