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greve

See also: Greve, grevé, and grève

Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡreːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʋə], [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʊ]

Noun

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greve c (singular definite greven, plural indefinite grever)

  1. count (a nobleman, of the highest rank in Denmark, since 1849 without privileges; equivalent to a British earl)

Usage notes

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  • When used with a name, the short variant grev is preferred, e.g. grev Ingolf.

Declension

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Declension of greve
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative greve greven grever greverne
genitive greves grevens grevers grevernes

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve
  • Hyphenation: grè‧ve

Adjective

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greve (plural grevi)

  1. heavy
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 7–8; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Io sono al terzo cerchio, de la piova
      etterna, maladetta, fredda e greve
      I'm at the Third Circle, [that] 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: publ. 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
    • 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision]‎[3], published 1833, page 150:
      un dì da greve doglia sospinto, ardito divenni oltre al dovere
      One day, moved by a heavy grief, I became more daring than one should be
  2. coarse, vulgar

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Further reading

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  • greve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

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greve (plural greves)

  1. thicket, copse, bush; shrubbery, undergrowth
  2. grove, wood

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  • Yola: greve

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

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greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grever, definite plural grevene)

  1. a count or earl (nobleman)

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In titles greve takes the form grev.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

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greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grevar, definite plural grevane)

  1. a count or earl (nobleman)

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In titles greve takes the form grev.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French grève.

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  • Hyphenation: gre‧ve

Noun

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greve f (plural greves)

  1. strike (work stoppage)
    Synonym: (Brazil, dated) parede

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Romanian

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Noun

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greve f pl

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gravy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾebe/ [ˈɡɾe.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Syllabification: gre‧ve

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greve m (uncountable)

  1. (New Mexico) gravy
    Synonym: gravy

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  • Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎[4], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve.

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Noun

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greve c (feminine grevinna)

  1. a count
    greve Dracula
    count Dracula
    grevar och baroner
    counts and barons
    Greven såg ut över sina ägor och tänkte "Ah, underbart!"
    The count looked out over his lands ["ownings"] and thought, "Ah, wonderful!"
  2. an earl

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Declension of greve
nominative genitive
singular indefinite greve greves
definite greven grevens
plural indefinite grevar grevars
definite grevarna grevarnas

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

Noun

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greve

  1. grove, small wood

Etymology 2

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Noun

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greve

  1. Alternative form of grue

References

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  • 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
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