grece

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See also: Grece, Grèce, Grêce, and GRECE

English

Etymology

From Middle English grece (“staircase”), from Old French grez, greis et al., plural of gre (“gree”) taken as a collective singular.

Noun

grece (plural greces)

  1. (obsolete) A flight of stairs.
  2. (obsolete, in the plural) Steps, stairs.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
      Sir said they a merueyllous aduentur / that may not be broughte vnto none ende / but by hym that passeth of bounte and of knyhthode al them of the round table / I wold sayd Galahad that ye wold lede me ther to / Gladly sayd they / and soo ledde hym tyl a caue / and he went doune vpon gresys / and cam nyghe the tombe
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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French grez, plural of gré (which is the source of gre).

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Noun

grece (plural greces)

  1. A step; a part of a staircase or set of stairs.
  2. A staircase; a set of stairs composing an upwards climb.
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      ‘Gladly,’ seyde they, and so ledde hym tyll a cave; and so he wente downe uppon grecis and cam unto the tombe
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Descendants
  • English: grece (obsolete)
  • Scots: grece (obsolete)
  • → Welsh: gris
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Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia.

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Noun

grece (plural greces)

  1. Fat derived from animals (including humans)
  2. Processed and melted animal fat used in cooking or anointing; grease.
  3. Grease used to start or help fires.
  4. A greasy unguent or salve; grease as a medicament.
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Etymology 3

From Old English græs.

Noun

grece

  1. Alternative form of gras

Etymology 4

From grece (noun).

Verb

grece

  1. Alternative form of grecen

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus, see also Occitan graissa, Catalan greix.

Noun

grece oblique singular, f (oblique plural greces, nominative singular grece, nominative plural greces)

  1. fat (fatty material)
  2. grease

Descendants

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

grece f pl

  1. inflection of greacă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular
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