greffe

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁɛf/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French groife, greife, from Latin graphium (“stylus”), later influenced by greffier (“clerk”). ==== Noun ==== greffe m (plural greffes) (law) court clerk's office, court registrar's office (obsolete) court clerk, court registrar ===== Synonyms ===== (clerk): greffier === Etymology 2 === Metaphorical use of Old French grefe, grafe (“stylus, pencil”), from the root of above. ==== Noun ==== greffe f (plural greffes) (horticulture) graft, scion (medicine) organ transplant, autoplasty (medicine) a piece of graft ===== Related terms ===== greffon === Further reading === “greffe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French grefe, grafe, from Latin graphium. === Noun === greffe f (plural greffes) (Jersey) graft, transplant ==== Synonyms ==== (graft): ente ==== Derived terms ==== greffer (“to graft, transplant”) ==== Related terms ==== greffeux (“grafting knife”)