Neuter
gerief
Meaning
- (neuter, uncountable) comfort, ease
- (neuter, uncountable) use, utility
- (especially, in-compounds, neuter, uncountable) equipment, tools
- (neuter, uncountable) things, stuff
Translations
Behaglichkeit
confort
anchasFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣəˈrif/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch gerijf, gerief. Possibly derived from Middle Dutch rive, rieve (“abundant, mild”) with the prefix ge-, from uncertain origin. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rībaz (“generous, abundant”) and related to Lithuanian riebus (“fat”).
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