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Cornish
Adjective
grev
- Soft mutation of krev.
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
grev
- a short form of greve, used as a pre-name title
Norman
Alternative forms
- grève (continental Normandy, Jersey)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.
Noun
grev f (plural grevs)
- (Sark) beach
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
grev
- present of grava
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem.
Adjective
grev m (feminine singular greva, masculine plural grevs, feminine plural grevas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) heavy, weighty
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) difficult
Synonyms
Turkish
Etymology
From French grève.
Pronunciation
Noun
grev (definite accusative grevi, plural grevler)
- strike (labor action)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- 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