greve

== Danish == === Alternative forms === grev === Etymology === From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *grāfijō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡreːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʋə], [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʊ] === Noun === greve c (singular definite greven, plural indefinite grever) count (a nobleman, of the highest rank in Denmark, since 1849 without privileges; equivalent to a British earl) ==== Usage notes ==== When used with a name, the short variant grev is preferred, e.g. grev Ingolf. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== grevelig (“comital”) grevinde (“countess”) grevskab (“county”) === See also === greve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da Greve (rang) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da === References === “greve” in Den Danske Ordbog == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛ.ve/ Rhymes: -ɛve Hyphenation: grè‧ve === Adjective === greve m or f by sense (plural grevi) heavy coarse, vulgar ==== Derived terms ==== grevemente grevità === Further reading === greve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Middle English == === Alternative forms === grefe === Etymology === From Old English grǣfa, grǣfe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛ̝ːv(ə)/ === Noun === greve (plural greves) thicket, copse, bush; shrubbery, undergrowth grove, wood ==== Descendants ==== Yola: greve ==== References ==== “grēve, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi. === Noun === greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grever, definite plural grevene) a count or earl (nobleman) ==== Usage notes ==== In titles greve takes the form grev. ==== Derived terms ==== grevinne grevskap === References === “greve” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Low German grēve. Doublet of greive. === Noun === greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grevar, definite plural grevane) a count or earl (nobleman) ==== Usage notes ==== In titles greve takes the form grev. ==== Derived terms ==== grevinne grevskap === References === “greve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French grève. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: gre‧ve === Noun === greve f (plural greves) strike (work stoppage) Synonym: (Brazil, dated) parede ==== Derived terms ==== grevista === Further reading === “greve”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “greve”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡreve] === Noun === greve f pl inflection of grevă: indefinite plural indefinite genitive/dative singular == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English gravy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɾebe/ [ˈɡɾe.β̞e] Rhymes: -ebe Syllabification: gre‧ve === Noun === greve m (uncountable) (New Mexico) gravy Synonym: gravy === References === Rubén Cobos (2003), A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎[2], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN == Swedish == === Alternative forms === grefve (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve. === Pronunciation === === Noun === greve c (feminine grevinna) a count an earl ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== i grevens tid (“not a minute too soon”) grevinna (“countess”) === References === “greve”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “greve”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “greve”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Yola == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfa, grǣfe. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡrɛːv/ ==== Noun ==== greve grove, small wood === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== greve alternative form of grue === References === 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