grommeler

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French grommeler, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch grommelen (“to murmur, mutter, grunt”), frequentative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch grommen, related to Low German grummeln (“to grumble”), German grummeln (“to grumble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɔm.le/

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Verb

grommeler

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) to grumble

Derived terms

• grommellement

Further reading

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