grece

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English grece (“staircase”), from Old French grez, greis et al., plural of gre (“gree”) taken as a collective singular. === Noun === grece (plural greces) (obsolete) A flight of stairs. (obsolete, in the plural) Steps, stairs. ==== Related terms ==== grieced === See also === amber grece (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === cerge == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French grez, plural of gré (which is the source of gre). ==== Alternative forms ==== grees, grese, greez, greese, greece ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡreːs/ ==== Noun ==== grece (plural greces) A step; a part of a staircase or set of stairs. A staircase; a set of stairs composing an upwards climb. (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: grece (obsolete) Scots: grece (obsolete) → Welsh: gris ===== References ===== “grẹ̄s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 September 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia. ==== Alternative forms ==== grees, grese, greez, gres, gresse ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛːs(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== grece (plural greces) Fat derived from animals (including humans) Processed and melted animal fat used in cooking or anointing; grease. Grease used to start or help fires. A greasy unguent or salve; grease as a medicament. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: grease Scots: gree (a back-formation) ===== References ===== “grēs(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 September 2018. === Etymology 3 === From Old English græs. ==== Noun ==== grece alternative form of gras === Etymology 4 === From grece (noun). ==== Verb ==== grece alternative form of grecen == Old French == === Noun === grece oblique singular, f (oblique plural greces, nominative singular grece, nominative plural greces) alternative form of craisse (“fat, grease”) == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛ.t͡sɛ/ Rhymes: -ɛt͡sɛ Syllabification: gre‧ce === Noun === grece f dative/locative singular of greka == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡret͡ʃe] === Noun === grece f pl inflection of greacă: indefinite plural indefinite genitive/dative singular