grippe

Meaning

Influenza, the flu.

Translations

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɹɪp/
Etymology

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.

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