greve

• grev

From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō.

• IPA^(key): /ɡreːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʋə], [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʊ]

greve c (singular definite greven, plural indefinite grever)

1. count (a nobleman, of the highest rank in Denmark, since 1849 without privileges; equivalent to a British earl)

• When used with a name, the short variant grev is preferred, e.g. grev Ingolf.

• grevelig (“comital”)
• grevinde (“countess”)
• grevskab (“county”)

•   greve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
•   Greve (rang) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• “greve” in Den Danske Ordbog

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛ.ve/
• Rhymes: -ɛve
• Hyphenation: grè‧ve

greve (plural grevi)

1. heavy
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 7–8; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Io sono al terzo cerchio, de la piova
     etterna, maladetta, fredda e greve

     I'm at the Third Circle, [that] of the eternal, cursed, cold, and heavy rain

   • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “XXXII — Quanto piú m’avicino al giorno extremo”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 5–8; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

     […] Non molto andremo
     d’amor parlando omai, ché ’l duro et greve
     terreno incarco come frescha neve
     si va struggendo […]

     We're not going to be talking about love for long now, for the hard and heavy earthly load melts away like fresh snow

   • 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision]‎^[3], published 1833, page 150:

     un dì da greve doglia sospinto, ardito divenni oltre al dovere

     One day, moved by a heavy grief, I became more daring than one should be

2. coarse, vulgar

• grevemente
• grevità

• greve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• grefe

From Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛːv(ə)/

greve (plural greves)

1. thicket, copse, bush; shrubbery, undergrowth
2. grove, wood

• Yola: greve

• “grēve, n.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

greve

Wikipedia ^no

From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grever, definite plural grevene)

1. a count or earl (nobleman)

In titles greve takes the form grev.

• grevinne
• grevskap

• “greve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

 

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

greve

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grevar, definite plural grevane)

1. a count or earl (nobleman)

In titles greve takes the form grev.

• grevinne
• grevskap

• “greve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French grève.

• Hyphenation: gre‧ve

greve f (plural greves)

1. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: (Brazil, dated) parede

• grevista

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡreve]

greve f pl

1. inflection of grevă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Borrowed from English gravy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾebe/ [ˈɡɾe.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: gre‧ve

greve m (uncountable)

1. (New Mexico) gravy

   Synonym: gravy

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[4], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

 

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

greve

Wikipedia ^sv

• grefve (obsolete)

From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve.

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greve c (feminine grevinna)

1. a count

   greve Dracula

   count Dracula

   grevar och baroner

   counts and barons

   Greven såg ut över sina ägor och tänkte "Ah, underbart!"

   The count looked out over his lands ["ownings"] and thought, "Ah, wonderful!"

2. an earl

• i grevens tid (“not a minute too soon”)
• grevinna (“countess”)

• greve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• greve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• greve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiːv/

From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

greve

1. grove, small wood

greve

1. Alternative form of grue

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 43