greaves

See also: Greaves

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹivz/

Etymology 1

From Low German (compare German Low German Greev, Greve (“greaves”)), from Middle Low German grêve, from Old Saxon *griovo, from Proto-West Germanic *greubō (“roughage, brushwood, kindling”), the root of German Griebe (“greaves, crackling”). Possibly related to gruff. Also compare Old High German grob (“coarse”) (modern German grob).

Noun

greaves pl (plural only)

1. The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

Related terms

• graves (noun), greven (noun), gribenes (noun)
• grave (verb), greave (verb)

Translations

residue from animal fat

• Bulgarian: пръжки (bg) f pl (prǎžki)
• Danish: fedtegrever
• Dutch: kaantjes (nl) pl
• French: cretons (fr) m or pl, grattons (fr) pl or m
• Galician: roxóns m pl
• German: Grieben (de) f pl, Grammeln (de) f pl (southern Germany, Austria)
• Hungarian: tepertő (hu), töpörtyű (hu)
• Italian: ciccioli pl or m
• Macedonian: џимиринка f (džimirinka), пршка f (prška), клиса f (klisa)
• Polish: skwarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: torresmo (pt) m
• Russian: шква́рки (ru) f pl (škvárki)
• Spanish: chicharrones (es) m pl
• Swedish: grevar (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

greaves

1. plural of greave

Anagrams

• Gervase, servage