different between grippe vs grippie

English

Alternative forms

• grip

Etymology

Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *gr?pan, from Proto-Germanic *gr?pan?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Borrowed from French into many languages of the world. More at gripe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p/

Noun

grippe (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Influenza, the flu. [from 18 c.]

   • "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"

Derived terms

• grippy

Translations

See also

• catarrh
• cold
• Spanish fever

Further reading

influenza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• gipper

Estonian

Noun

grippe

1. partitive plural of gripp

French

Etymology

From gripper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ip/
• Homophones: grippes, grippent

Noun

grippe f (plural grippes)

1. influenza; flu

Derived terms

• grippe aviaire
• grippe porcine
• prendre en grippe

Descendants

Verb

grippe

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

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

grippe

1. Alternative form of gripe (“grip”)

Etymology 2

Noun

grippe

1. Alternative form of gripe (“griffin”)

Etymology 3

From Old English gr?p, gr?pe, from Proto-Germanic *gr?piz. Some forms are influenced by Old English grype.

Alternative forms

• gryppe, grip, grype

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rip(?)/, /??ri?p(?)/

Noun

grippe (plural grippes)

1. A trench or indentation for drainage.

Descendants

• English: grip, gripe

References

• “gr??p(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-21.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

grippe f (plural grippes)

1. (Jersey, pathology) flu

Portuguese

Noun

grippe f (plural grippes)

1. Obsolete spelling of gripe

Verb

grippe

1. Obsolete spelling of gripe

English

Etymology

grip +? -ie

Noun

grippie (plural grippies)

1. (informal) A grip; something used to take hold, or to reduce friction.
   • 2008, Molly G. Shane, Rumored Legacy (page 62)

     I crocheted chenille socks and put little grippies on the bottom.

   • 2012, Joseph Labrecque, Adobe Edge Quickstart Guide

     To tear a panel out of the main application window and create a floating panel, simply click upon the grippies (the textured area of the panel tab) next to an anchored panel's name.

Italian

Noun

grippie f

1. plural of grippia