greffe

See also: greffé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛf/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French groife, greife, from Latin graphium (“stylus”), later influenced by greffier (“clerk”).

Noun

greffe m (plural greffes)

1. (law) court clerk's office, court registrar's office
2. (obsolete) court clerk, court registrar

Synonyms

• (clerk): greffier

Etymology 2

greffe

Metaphorical use of Old French grefe, grafe (“stylus, pencil”), from the root of above.

Noun

greffe f (plural greffes)

1. (horticulture) graft, scion
2. (medicine) organ transplant, autoplasty
3. (medicine) a piece of graft

Related terms

• greffon

Further reading

• “greffe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French grefe, grafe, from Latin graphium.

Noun

greffe f (plural greffes)

1. (Jersey) graft, transplant

Synonyms

• (graft): ente

Derived terms

• greffer (“to graft, transplant”)

Related terms

• greffeux (“grafting knife”)