grippe

Betekenis (Engels)

Influenza, the flu.

Concepten

griep

influenza

Synoniemen

influenza

flu

grip

’flu

epidemic

epidemic influenza

common cold

blue flu

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡɹɪp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Borrowed from French into many languages of the world. More at gripe.