German

Noun

Grippe f ‎(genitive Grippe, plural Grippen)

1. grippe; influenza, flu.

Synonyms

• Influenza

English

Alternative forms

• grip

Noun

grippe ‎(uncountable)

1. (pathology) Influenza, the flu. [from 18 c.]
   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IV”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"

Derived terms

• grippy

Translations

See also

• catarrh
• cold
• Spanish fever

External links

influenza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /gʁip/
• Homophones: grippes, grippent

Verb

grippe

1. first-person singular present indicative of gripper
2. third-person singular present indicative of gripper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of gripper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of gripper
5. second-person singular imperative of gripper

Noun

grippe f ‎(plural grippes)

1. influenza; flu

Derived terms

• grippe aviaire
• grippe porcine

Norman

Noun

grippe f ‎(plural grippes)

1. (Jersey, pathology) flu

Portuguese

Noun

grippe f (plural grippes)

1. Obsolete spelling of gripe

Verb

grippe

1. Obsolete spelling of gripe