grippe
/ɡɹɪp/
grippe noun: influenza, the flu.
Noun
grippe (countable and uncountable, plural grippes)
- Influenza, the flu.
- These other germs are the cause of colds and coughs and grippes.1885, Public Health, Michigan, volume 2, page 39
- "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
grippe meaning in Bengali
grippe in Bengali
- ইনফ্লুয়েঞ্জা, সর্দিজ্বর
Forms of grippe
| plural | grippes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | grip |
Origin of grippe
Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Borrowed from French into many languages of the world. More at gripe.
Words formed from grippe
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Questions about grippe
- What does grippe mean?
- Grippe means influenza, the flu.
- What is grippe in Bengali?
- Grippe in Bengali is ইনফ্লুয়েঞ্জা, সর্দিজ্বর. See Grippe meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is grippe?
- Grippe is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grippe?
- Grippe is pronounced /ɡɹɪp/.
- What is the plural of grippe?
- The plural of grippe is grippes.
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