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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French gresse, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus. Compare Occitan graissa, Catalan greix.
Pronunciation
Noun
graisse f (plural graisses)
- grease
- fat
Verb
graisse
- inflection of graisser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus.
Noun
graisse f (uncountable)
- (Guernsey) fat
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 514:Nou ne trâche pas de la graïsse dans le nic d'ùn tchien.- No one thinks of looking for fat in a dog's kennel.