grippe

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ɡrɪp/ UK /ɡrɪp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
influenza; a feverish respiratory illness (dated)

Half the village was laid low by the grippe that winter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · influenza; a feverish... influenza flu ague

Word family

Related forms grip

Etymology

From French grippe ('influenza'), from gripper ('to seize, grip'), of Germanic origin, akin to Frankish *grīpan ('to seize'); the disease was named for the way it 'seizes' the sufferer.

grippe Middle English *grīpan Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Health & Medicine Register & Style

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# grippe

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡrɪp/
**IPA (UK):** /ɡrɪp/

## Meanings
1. influenza; a feverish respiratory illness (dated)

## Examples
- Half the village was laid low by the grippe that winter.

## Synonyms
- influenza
- flu
- ague

## Related Forms
- grip

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: grippe
- Root: *grīpan

## Etymology
From French grippe ('influenza'), from gripper ('to seize, grip'), of Germanic origin, akin to Frankish *grīpan ('to seize'); the disease was named for the way it 'seizes' the sufferer.

## AI Etymology
Grippe comes from French grippe ('influenza'), from gripper ('to seize, grip'), of Germanic origin, akin to Frankish *grīpan ('to seize'); the disease was named for the way it 'seizes' the sufferer. The etymological trail includes Old French grippe and Proto-Germanic *grīpan. As a noun, grippe names influenza; a feverish respiratory illness (dated). The same family is visible in related forms such as grip.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Register & Style

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