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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: gr?v, IPA^(key): /??e?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English grave, grafe, from Old English græf, grafu (“cave, grave, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *grab?, *grab? (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

Cognate with West Frisian grêf (“grave”), Dutch graf (“grave”), Low German Graf (“a grave”), Graff, German Grab (“grave”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian grav (“grave”), Icelandic gröf (“grave”). Related to groove.

Noun

grave (plural graves)

1. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial

   • He had lain in the grave four days.

   • 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter X:

     They reached the cemetery. The men went right down to a place in the grass where a grave was dug. They ranged themselves all round; and while the priest spoke, the red soil thrown up at the sides kept noiselessly slipping down at the corners.

2. Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
3. (by extension) Death, destruction.
4. (by extension) Deceased people; the dead.

Derived terms

Related terms

• groove

Translations

See also

• grave (burial) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English graven, from Old English grafan (“to dig, dig up, grave, engrave, carve, chisel”), from Proto-Germanic *graban? (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Dutch graven (“to dig”), German graben (“to dig”), Danish grave (“to dig”), Swedish gräva (“to dig”), Icelandic grafa (“to dig”).

Verb

grave (third-person singular simple present graves, present participle graving, simple past graved or grove, past participle graved or graven)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To dig.

   • He hath graven and digged up a pit.

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

   • Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel.

   • a. 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, "Requiem"

     This be the verse you grave for me / "Here he lies where he longs to be"
3. (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.

   to grave an image

   • With gold, men may the herte grave.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
   • 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World

     O! may they graven in thy heart remain.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III, Scene ii^[5]:

     […] And lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.

6. (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Related terms

• begrave
• engrave

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle French grave, a learned borrowing from Latin gravis (“heavy, important”). Compare Old French greve (“terrible, dreadful”). Doublet of grief.

Adjective

grave (comparative graver, superlative gravest)

1. Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: sober, solemn, sombre, sedate, serious, staid

2. Low in pitch, tone etc. [from 17th c.]

   Antonym: acute

   • 1854, John Weeks Moore, Encyclopedia of Music:

     The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.

3. Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: serious, momentous, important
4. (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative. [16th-18th c.]

Synonyms

• weightsome, sweer

• (unsorted by sense): sage, demure, thoughtful, weighty

Translations

Noun

grave (plural graves)

1. A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).

Translations

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Dutch graaf, German Graf”)

Noun

grave (plural graves)

1. (historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.

Related terms

• burgrave
• landgrave
• margrave
• palsgrave
• waldgrave

Etymology 5

Verb

grave (third-person singular simple present graves, present participle graving, simple past and past participle graved)

1. (transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

Related terms

• graving dock

Anagrams

• Gaver

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?v?/, [??????v?]

Etymology 1

From Italian grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave”).

Adverb

grave

1. (music) grave (low in pitch, tone etc.)
2. accent grave – accent grave, grave accent

Etymology 2

From Old Norse grafa (“to dig, bury”), from Proto-Germanic *graban?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?b?- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

Verb

grave (imperative grav, infinitive at grave, present tense graver, past tense gravede, perfect tense har gravet)

1. dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

See grav (“grave, tomb, pit”).

Noun

grave c

1. indefinite plural of grav

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

grave

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of graven

Anagrams

• verga, vrage

Esperanto

Adverb

grave

1. seriously, gravely

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??av/

Etymology 1

From Middle French grave, borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of grief.

Adjective

grave (plural graves)

1. serious
2. solemn
3. low-pitched

   Antonym: aigu

4. (phonetics) back
   • 1911 April, "Quelques mots sur la pronunciation des lettres Turques" in Dictionnaire turc-français[7]:

Derived terms

• accent grave
• gravement

Related terms

• gravissime
• gravitation
• gravité

Adverb

grave

1. (informal, slang) much; a lot

Etymology 2

Verb

grave

1. first-person singular present indicative of graver
2. third-person singular present indicative of graver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of graver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of graver
5. second-person singular imperative of graver

Further reading

• “grave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gaver

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of greve.

Adjective

grave (plural gravi)

1. grave, serious

2. heavy
3. solemn
4. (music) low-pitched, low-pitch

Synonyms

• importante
• pesante
• austero
• serio

Antonyms

• acuto

Related terms

• gravemente
• gravare
• gravezza
• gravità
• gravoso

Descendants

• ? Danish: grave

Anagrams

• verga

Latin

Adjective

grave

1. nominative neuter singular of gravis
2. accusative neuter singular of gravis
3. vocative neuter singular of gravis

References

• grave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• grave in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[8]

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English græf, from Proto-Germanic *grab?.

Alternative forms

• graf, grafe, grawe, graffe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?v/, /?rav/

Noun

grave (plural graves)

1. grave, burial
2. tomb, mausoleum

Derived terms

• gravestone
• graven

Descendants

• English: grave
• Scots: grave, grawe, graive, graiwe, greawe

References

• “gr?ve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra?v?i?/, /??ra?ve?/

Noun

grave (plural graves)

1. Alternative form of gravey

Etymology 3

Noun

grave

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of grove

Middle French

Alternative forms

• greve

Etymology

From Old French grave.

Noun

grave f (plural graves)

1. gravel

Descendants

• French: grève

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grave)

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German gr?fo, gr?vo, gr?fio, gr?vio (“count, local judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?v?/

Noun

grâve m

1. count, local judge

Declension

Derived terms

• burcgrâve
• göugrâve

Descendants

• German: Graf

References

• “grâve” Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Wilhelm Müller, and Friedrich Zarncke. Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke. Vol. 1. S. Hirzel, 1863.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *graban?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?b?- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

Verb

grave (imperative grav, present tense graver, passive graves, simple past gravde or grov, past participle gravd, present participle gravende)

1. to dig

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French grave (“serious, low-pitched, back”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?réh?us (“heavy”), from *g?reh?- +? *-us.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r???/
• Rhymes: -???
• Hyphenation: grave
• Homophone: grav

Noun

grave m (definite singular graven, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

1. Only used in accent grave (“grave accent”)

References

• “grave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “grave” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

grave (present tense grev, past tense grov, past participle grave, passive infinitive gravast, present participle gravande, imperative grav)

1. Alternative form of grava

Derived terms

• gullgraving
• utgraving

Old French

Alternative forms

• greve

Etymology

Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish *grawa, *growa, from Proto-Celtic *gr?w?, related to Cornish grow (“gravel”), Breton grouan, and Welsh gro (“gravel”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?r-eu-d-.

Noun

grave f (oblique plural graves, nominative singular grave, nominative plural graves)

1. gravel

Descendants

• French: grève

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grave)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???a.v?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???a.vi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /???a.ve/
• Rhymes: -avi

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy; grave”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?réh?us.

Adjective

grave m or f (plural graves, comparable)

2. serious; grave (having possible severe negative consequences)

   Synonyms: sério, severo

4. (of sound) low-pitched; grave (low in pitch or tone)

   Synonym: baixo

6. grave; serious; sombre; austere; solemn (characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness)

   Synonyms: sério, austero, circunspeto, sisudo, solene

8. (archaic, physics) that falls down; that doesn’t float

Inflection

Antonyms

• (low-pitched): agudo

Derived terms

• gravemente

Noun

grave f (plural graves)

1. (music) a low-pitched note

Etymology 2

Verb

grave

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of gravar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of gravar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of gravar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of gravar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???abe/, [???a.??e]
• Homophone: grabe

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish grave, from Latin gravis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?réh?us. Cf. also the attested Old Spanish form grieve, from a Vulgar Latin variant *grevis, which was more common in other Romance-speaking areas.

Adjective

grave (plural graves) (superlative gravísimo)

1. serious, grave
2. bass (sound)

   Synonym: bajo

   Antonym: agudo

3. solemn
4. (phonetics) paroxytone; stressed in the penultimate syllable

   Synonym: llano

   Coordinate terms: agudo, esdrújulo, sobresdrújulo

Derived terms

Related terms

• gravar
• gravedad
• gravitar

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: grabe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

grave

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of gravar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of gravar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of gravar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of gravar.

Anagrams

• verga

Further reading

• “grave” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

References

Swedish

Adjective

grave

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of grav.

Anagrams

• avger

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grava, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *graban?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra?v?/

Verb

grave

1. to dig

Inflection

Further reading

• “grave”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste?.b??/
• Rhymes: -e?b?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable and Old French estable, from Latin stabulum (“stall, stand”).

Noun

stable (plural stables)

1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
2. (metonymically) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
3. (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
4. (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

   Synonym: heya

5. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

   Synonym: string

   • 2013, Noble Dee, Pimp: Reflection of My Life (page 167)

     My pimp vision enabled me to see that no hoe in my stable would be more worthy of the game than my young turnout red-bones.

Derived terms

• stablemate

Translations

Verb

stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled)

1. (transitive) to put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
   • 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,

     "I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better stabled in my life," said Bree.

2. (intransitive) to dwell in a stable.
3. (rail transport, transitive) to park (a rail vehicle).

Derived terms

• (rail transport): outstable

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)).

Adjective

stable (comparative stabler or more stable, superlative stablest or most stable)

1. Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation

     In this region of chance, […] where nothing ws stable.

2. (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.

3. (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.

Synonyms

• (relatively unchanging): fixed, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady

Antonyms

• instable
• mobile
• unstable
• varying

Derived terms

• bistable
• instable
• tristable
• unistable
• unstable

Translations

Anagrams

• Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, tables

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stabilis. Replaced Middle French, Old French estable, an earlier borrowing from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stabl/

Adjective

stable (plural stables)

1. stable (relatively unchanging)

Antonyms

• instable

Related terms

• stabiliser
• stabilité

Further reading

• “stable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• baltes, tables

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman stable, from Vulgar Latin *stabula, probably a collective plural of Latin stabulum (“dwelling; stable”).

Noun

stable (plural stables or stablen)

1. stable (building for horses)

Alternative forms

• stabel, stabele, stabil, stabille, stabul, stabulle

Descendants

• English: stable
• Scots: stable
• ? Middle Irish: stábla
  • Irish: stábla
  • Scottish Gaelic: stàball

References

• “st?ble, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”).

Adjective

stable (comparative stabler or stablere or stablour)

1. stable (relatively unchanging)

Alternative forms

• stabel, stabele, stabil, stabul

Descendants

• English: stable
• Scots: stable

References

• “st?ble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

stable (plural stables)

1. Alternative form of stablie

Etymology 4

Noun

stable (plural stables)

1. Alternative form of stapel

Etymology 5

Verb

stable (third-person singular simple present stableth, present participle stablynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stabled)

1. Alternative form of stablen (“to establish”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun stabel

Verb

stable (imperative stabl or stable, present tense stabler, passive stables, simple past and past participle stabla or stablet, present participle stablende)

1. to stack, pile

References

• “stable” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “stable” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun stabel

Verb

stable (present tense stablar, past tense stabla, past participle stabla, passive infinitive stablast, present participle stablande, imperative stabl)

1. to stack, pile

Alternative forms

• stabla

References

• “stable” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.