graisse

See also: graissé and graîsse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gresse, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus. Compare Occitan graissa, Catalan greix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛs/
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Noun

graisse f (plural graisses)

  1. grease
  2. fat

Verb

graisse

  1. inflection of graisser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus.

Noun

graisse f (uncountable)

  1. (Guernsey) fat
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 514:
      Nou ne trâche pas de la graïsse dans le nic d'ùn tchien.
      No one thinks of looking for fat in a dog's kennel.
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