graisse

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See also: graissé and graîsse

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French gresse, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus. Compare Occitan graissa, Catalan greix.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛs/
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Noun

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graisse f (plural graisses)

  1. grease
  2. fat

Verb

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graisse

  1. inflection of graisser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Anagrams

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus.

Noun

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graisse f (uncountable)

  1. (Guernsey) fat
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 514:
      Nou ne trâche pas de la graïsse dans le nic d'ùn tchien.
      No one thinks of looking for fat in a dog's kennel.