grippe
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grippe
- /ɡɹɪp/
Sounds like grip · Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Borrowed from French into many languages of the world. More at gripe.
noun grippes · grip
- Influenza, the flu. These other germs are the cause of colds and coughs and grippes.
