grêle

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See also: grêlé

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French graisle, inherited from Latin gracilis (slim). Doublet of gracile.

Adjective

grêle (plural grêles)

  1. spindly, lanky
    intestin grêlesmall intestine

Etymology 2

Deverbal of grêler; corresponds to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French gresle. Ultimately of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "frk" is not valid. See WT:LOL. origin.

Noun

grêle f (plural grêles)

  1. (weather) hail
Derived terms

Verb

grêle

  1. third-person singular present indicative of grêler

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