grev
Cornish
Adjective
grev
- Soft mutation of krev.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrev/, [ɡ̊ʁæʊ]
Noun
grev
- a short form of greve, used as a pre-name title
Norman
Alternative forms
- grève (continental Normandy, Jersey)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.
Noun
grev f (plural grevs)
- (Sark) beach
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
grev
- present tense of grava
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) greav
- (Puter, Vallader) greiv
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *grevis, from Latin gravis.
Adjective
grev m (feminine singular greva, masculine plural grevs, feminine plural grevas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) heavy, weighty
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) difficult
Synonyms
- (heavy):
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pesant
- (Sursilvan) pesont
- (Sutsilvan) pasànt
- (Surmiran) pasant
Turkish
Etymology
From French grève.
Noun
grev (definite accusative grevi, plural grevler)
- strike (labor action)
Related terms
- grevci (“striker”)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “grev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN