grev

Cornish

Adjective

grev

Soft mutation of krev.

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡrev/, [ɡ̊ʁæʊ]

Noun

grev

a short form of greve, used as a pre-name title

Norman

Alternative forms

grève (continental Normandy, Jersey)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.

Noun

grev f (plural grevs)

(Sark) beach

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

grev

present tense of grava

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Sutsilvan) greav
(Puter, Vallader) greiv

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *grevis, from Latin gravis.

Adjective

grev m (feminine singular greva, masculine plural grevs, feminine plural grevas)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) heavy, weighty
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) difficult

Synonyms

(heavy):
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pesant
- (Sursilvan) pesont
- (Sutsilvan) pasànt
- (Surmiran) pasant

Turkish

Etymology

From French grève.

Noun

grev (definite accusative grevi, plural grevler)

strike (labor action)

Related terms

grevci (“striker”)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “grev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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