grabuge

== French == === Etymology === From 1526, as gaburge (“dispute, fight”). Unknown, but perhaps from Venetan garbugio (“fight, skirmish”), probably a deverbal from garbugliare (“to disturb, confuse”), from bugliare (“to agitate”), from northern dialect boglire (“to heat up, boil”). Cognate with Italian garbuglio (“tumult, mess”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁa.byʒ/ === Noun === grabuge m (plural grabuges) (informal) scrap, ruckus; mayhem quarrel (discussion that turns violent) === Further reading === “grabuge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012