grève

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛv

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Mediaeval Latin), of pre-Latin origin, possibly Gaulish *grawa, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.

grève f (plural grèves)

1. bank (of a river); shore, strand

   Synonym: rive

Named after Place de Grève on the banks of the Seine in Paris (now Place de l'Hôtel de Ville), where unemployed workers would gather. Place de Grève means “flat area covered with gravel or sand” (see Etymology 1 above).

grève f (plural grèves)

1. strike (cessation of work)

   En raison de la grève, il nous faudra prendre le train.

   Because of the strike, we will need to take the train.

• Haitian Creole: grèv
• → Albanian: grevë
• → Basque: greba
• → Portuguese: greve
• → Romanian: grevă
• → Turkish: grev
  • → Northern Kurdish: grev
• → Vietnamese: làm reo

• mouvement social

grève f (plural grèves)

1. greave

• “grève”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• verge, vergé

• grev (Sark)

From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Early Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.

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grève f (plural grèves)

1. (France, Jersey) beach

• alouette dé grève f (“rock pipit”)
• bécachinne dé grève f (“knot”)
• couotheux d'grève m (“sanderling”)
• hèrbette dé grève f (“redshank; dunlin”)