grève
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Mediaeval Latin), of pre-Latin origin, possibly Gaulish *grawa, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.
Noun
editgrève f (plural grèves)
Etymology 2
editNamed 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
editgrève 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
editDescendants
edit- Haitian Creole: grèv
- → Albanian: grevë
- → Basque: greba
- → Portuguese: greve
- → Romanian: grevă
- → Turkish: grev
- → Northern Kurdish: grev
- → Vietnamese: làm reo
See also
editEtymology 3
editNoun
editgrève f (plural grèves)
Further reading
edit- “grève”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editNorman
editAlternative forms
edit- grev (Sark)
Etymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Early Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgrève 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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