rictus
French, noun/ʁik.tys/
rictus is spelled R-I-C-T-U-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rictus is a French masculine noun meaning “rictus; grimace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contraction de la bouche, grimace des lèvres et des joues”.
What does rictus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerictus; grimace
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contraction de la bouche, grimace des lèvres et des joues.
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.
How do you pronounce rictus?
- /ʁik.tys/
- \ʁik.tys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rictus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rictus in French?
rictus 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).