grive

Uncertain. Possibly from the feminine form of Old French grieu, griu, from Latin graecus (“Greek”), the thrush being a migratory bird that had hibernated in Greece.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁiv/

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grive f (plural grives)

1. thrush (bird)
2. (Louisiana) robin (Turdus migratorius)

• → Catalan: grive

• Etymology and history of “grive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• “grive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• givre, givré

• graïve (Guernsey)

Uncertain. Possibly from the feminine form of Old French grieu, griu, from Latin graecus (“Greek”), the thrush being a migratory bird that had hivernated in Greece.

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grive f (plural grives)

1. (Jersey) song thrush

grive (Cyrillic spelling гриве)

1. inflection of griva:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural