grev

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Cornish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

grev

  1. Soft mutation of krev.

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡrev/, [ɡ̊ʁæʊ]

Noun[edit]

grev

  1. a short form of greve, used as a pre-name title

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • grève (continental Normandy, Jersey)

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.

Noun[edit]

grev f (plural grevs)

  1. (Sark) beach

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

grev

  1. present of grava

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem.

Adjective[edit]

grev m (feminine singular greva, masculine plural grevs, feminine plural grevas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) heavy, weighty
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) difficult

Synonyms[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French grève.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

grev (definite accusative grevi, plural grevler)

  1. strike (labor action)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Northern Kurdish: grev

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “grev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN