agrafe

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See also: Agrafe and agrafé

English

Etymology

From French agrafe.

Noun

agrafe (plural agrafes)

  1. A hook or fastener on clothing.
    • 1867, Harper's Bazaar, volume 1, page 384:
      The belt was of gold, confined by a diamond agrafe.

French

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɡʁaf/
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  • Rhymes: -af

Noun

agrafe f (plural agrafes)

  1. staple (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
  2. (on clothing) fastener, hook

Verb

agrafe

  1. inflection of agrafer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -afi, (Portugal) -afɨ
  • Hyphenation: a‧gra‧fe

Etymology 1

Noun

agrafe m (plural agrafes)

  1. Alternative form of agrafo

Etymology 2

Verb

agrafe

  1. inflection of agrafar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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