grève
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Mediaeval Latin), of pre-Latin origin, possibly Gaulish *grawa, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.
Noun
[edit]grève f (plural grèves)
Etymology 2
[edit]Named after Place de Grève on the banks of the Seine in Paris (now Place de l'Hôtel de Ville), where unemployed workers would gather. Place de Grève means “flat area covered with gravel or sand” (see Etymology 1 above).
Noun
[edit]grève f (plural grèves)
- strike (cessation of work)
- En raison de la grève, il nous faudra prendre le train.
- Because of the strike, we will need to take the train.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: grèv
- → Albanian: grevë
- → Basque: greba
- → Portuguese: greve
- → Romanian: grevă
- → Turkish: grev
- → Northern Kurdish: grev
- → Vietnamese: làm reo
See also
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]grève f (plural grèves)
Further reading
[edit]- “grève”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norman
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- grev (Sark)
Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Early Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]grève f (plural grèves)
Derived terms
[edit]- alouette dé grève f (“rock pipit”)
- bécachinne dé grève f (“knot”)
- couotheux d'grève m (“sanderling”)
- hèrbette dé grève f (“redshank; dunlin”)
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