grève

See also: Greve, greve, and grevé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛv/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛv

Etymology 1

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

Noun

grève f (plural grèves)

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

   Synonym: rive

Etymology 2

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).

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• briseur de grève
• briseuse de grève
• faire grève
• faire la grève
• grève de la faim
• grève du sexe
• grève du zèle
• grève générale
• grève sauvage
• gréviste

 

Descendants

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

See also

• mouvement social

Etymology 3

Noun

grève f (plural grèves)

1. greave

Further reading

• “grève”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• verge, vergé

Norman

Alternative forms

• grev (Sark)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

grève f (plural grèves)

1. (France, Jersey) beach

Derived terms

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