Grenoble

American

[gruh-noh-buhl, gruh-naw-bl^uh] / grəˈnoʊ bəl, grəˈnɔ blə /

noun

a city in and the capital of Isère, in SE France.

Grenoble British

/ ɡrəˈnəʊbəl, ɡrənɔblə /

noun

a city in SE France, on the Isère River: university (1339). Pop: 153 317 (1999)

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In 2023, he and wife Elianna set off for a new adventure, as he tried to help Grenoble gain promotion to France's elite Top14.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Sailer won the downhill, giant slalom and slalom races at the 1956 Cortina Olympics, a feat mirrored by Killy at the 1968 Grenoble Games.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The Grenoble group analyzed strontium isotopes and trace elements in melt inclusions trapped inside 3.3-billion-year-old olivine crystals, providing rare geochemical snapshots of early Earth.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

The company also plans to open shops at Galeries Lafayette department stores in the cities of Dijon, Reims, Grenoble, Angers and Limoges.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

This Province has a Parliament, which is held at Grenoble.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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