grumeau

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French grumiel, from Vulgar Latin *grimellus or *grumellus, variant of Latin grumulus, diminutive of grumus, from Proto-Indo-European *gar-, *ger- (“to tie, bind together”).

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Noun

grumeau m (plural grumeaux)

1. lump

Further reading

• “grumeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.