graisse
See also: graissé and graîsse
French
Etymology
From Old French gresse, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus. Compare Occitan graissa, Catalan greix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɛs/
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Noun
graisse f (plural graisses)
- grease
- fat
Verb
graisse
- inflection of graisser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “graisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- girasse
Norman
Alternative forms
- graîsse (Jersey)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus.
Noun
graisse f (uncountable)
- (Guernsey) fat