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Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German grēve , from Old Saxon grāvio , from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō .
Pronunciation
Noun
greve c (singular definite greven , plural indefinite grever )
count ( a nobleman, of the highest rank in Denmark, since 1849 without privileges; equivalent to a British earl )
Usage notes
When used with a name, the short variant grev is preferred, e.g. grev Ingolf .
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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem , alteration of Latin gravem . Doublet of grave .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡrɛ.ve/
Rhymes: -ɛve
Hyphenation: grè‧ve
Adjective
greve m or f (plural grevi )
heavy
1300s–1310s , Dante Alighieri , “Canto VI ”, in Inferno , lines 7–8 ; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi , editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata , 2nd revised edition, Florence: Le Lettere , 1994 :Io sono al terzo cerchio, de la piova etterna, maladetta, fredda e greve I'm at the Third Circle, of the eternal, cursed, cold, and heavy rain
1336 –1374 , Francesco Petrarca , “XXXII — Quanto piú m’avicino al giorno extremo ”, in Il Canzoniere , lines 5–8 ; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: Giulio Einaudi, 1964 : Non molto andremo d’amor parlando omai, ché ’l duro et greve terreno incarco come frescha neve si va struggendo We're not going to be talking about love for long now, for the hard and heavy earthly load melts away like fresh snow
coarse , vulgar
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Further reading
greve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English grǣfa , grǣfe .
Pronunciation
Noun
greve (plural greves )
thicket , copse , bush ; shrubbery , undergrowth
grove , wood
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi .
Noun
greve m (definite singular greven , indefinite plural grever , definite plural grevene )
a count or earl ( nobleman )
Usage notes
In titles greve takes the form grev .
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi .
Noun
greve m (definite singular greven , indefinite plural grevar , definite plural grevane )
a count or earl ( nobleman )
Usage notes
In titles greve takes the form grev .
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French grève .
Pronunciation
Noun
greve f (plural greves )
strike ( work stoppage )
Synonym: ( Brazil, dated ) parede
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Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
greve f pl
inflection of grevă :
indefinite plural
indefinite genitive / dative singular
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English gravy .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡɾebe/
Rhymes: -ebe
Syllabification: gre‧ve
Noun
greve m (uncountable )
( New Mexico ) gravy
Synonym: gravy
References
Rubén Cobos (2003 ) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish , Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German grēve , from Old Saxon grāvio , from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō . Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve .
Pronunciation
Noun
greve c (feminine grevinna )
a count
greve Draculacount Dracula
grevar och baronercounts and barons
Greven såg ut över sina ägor och tänkte "Ah, underbart!"The count looked out over his lands and thought, "Ah, wonderful!"
an earl
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Yola
Etymology 1
From Middle English greve , from Old English grǣfa , grǣfe .
Pronunciation
Noun
greve
grove , small wood
Etymology 2
Noun
greve
alternative form of grue
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867 , page 43