grippe

[ grip ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Older Use.

influenza.

grippe

/ ɡ��ɪ�� /

noun

a former name for influenza

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Other Word Forms

��p�� adjective
��l�� adjective
post·��p�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grippe¹

First recorded in 1770–80; from French, noun derivative of gripper “to seize suddenly,” from Germanic; akin to grip, gripe

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grippe¹

C18: from French grippe, from gripper to seize, of Germanic origin; see grip ¹

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Example Sentences

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Mrs. Nefzger had the grippe but sent three of her raisin pies.

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Another common word for flu, “grippe”, now totally fallen out of use in English, was used 23,649 times.

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Labeling the disease nothing more or less than the grippe, the Journal warned its readers not to allow themselves to be frightened into their coffins.

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Until she died in 1996, whenever my grandmother saw me going out with an open coat, she warned: “Button up or you’ll get the grippe.”

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Dr. Alfred Gregory, Mine Medical Staff The Spanish influenza is nothing more than the old grip or la grippe, which circulates from time to time.

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gripman gripper

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