grappe

Meaning

bunch, cluster

Concepts

cluster

bunch

raceme

clump

lump

grape

udder

teat

breast

acervulus

many together

inflorescences

panicles

mine cluster

in clusters

bunch up

bundle

capitulum

clustering

raisin

spray

tuft

umbel

Synonyms

racème

groupe

bande

touffe

raisin

mamelle

sein

régime

tétine

paquet

botte

👢

raisins

trousseau

panicule

en grappe

dispersion

grappe de mines

faisceau

glomérule

capitule

inflorescence

ombelle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁap/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: grappe

Inherited from Old French: grappe

Cognate with Middle Dutch: krappe

Cognate with Old High German: krapfo

Cognate with German: Krapfe

In summary

Inherited from Middle French grappe, from Old French grappe, grape, crape (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), from graper, craper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappo (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, end, twist”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (German Krapfe). More at cramp.