grev

Cornish

Adjective

grev

1. Soft mutation of krev.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrev/, [ɡ̊ʁæʊ]

Noun

grev

1. a short form of greve, used as a pre-name title

Norman

Alternative forms

• grève (continental Normandy, Jersey)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.

Noun

grev f (plural grevs)

1. (Sark) beach

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

grev

1. present of grava

Romansch

Alternative forms

• greav (Sutsilvan)
• greiv (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem.

Adjective

grev m (feminine singular greva, masculine plural grevs, feminine plural grevas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) heavy, weighty
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) difficult

Synonyms

• (heavy):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pesant
  • (Sursilvan) pesont
  • (Sutsilvan) pasànt
  • (Surmiran) pasant

Turkish

Etymology

From French grève.

Pronunciation

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Noun

grev (definite accusative grevi, plural grevler)

1. strike (labor action)

Related terms

• grevci (“striker”)

Descendants

• → Northern Kurdish: grev

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “grev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN