Grenelle
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Grenelle.
Proper noun edit
Grenelle
- (historical) A commune of the Seine department, France
- A neighbourhood of Paris, France
Translations edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Grenelle m
- (historical) Grenelle (a commune of the Seine department, France)
- 1864, Amédée Gayet de Cesena, Le Nouveau Paris:
- Le pont de Grenelle, construit en bois en 1828, met en conmunication l’ancien Auteuil et l’ancien Grenelle.
- The bridge of Grenelle, built of wood in 1828, connects the former Auteuil and the former Grenelle.
- Grenelle (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Metonymic, after the Grenelle agreements (accords de Grenelle) of May 1968.
Noun edit
Grenelle m (plural Grenelles)
- (France, politics) summit, committee meeting between the government and trade unions