grève

common nounproper noun

Syllable Decomposition

grève

from the Old French grave or grève attested (12th century), from the Vulgar Latin grava, 'sand, gravel', probably of Gaulish origin. This word from Old French preserves two distinct meanings: 1) a rocky formation of pebbles, gravels and (or) sand, possibly movable to arrange a road or drain a road 2) a large expanse, beach or heath, with a substratum mainly composed of these geo-materials. Thus by extension the term appears in the micro-toponymy of sandy beaches, heaths or sandy dunes, successions of gravel terraces (the graves in Gironde). It is not excluded that these more or less impressive formations are also influenced by the Old French verb graver, in its second sense of climbing (the first sense referring to a displacement or removal of matter, for example 'graver le cire').

Definitions

maçonnerie
travail
antiquitéhistoire

Synonyms

arrêtcessationtric

Plural

grèves

Translations

  • englishenglish:greave
  • germangerman:Streik
  • finnishfinnish:lakko
  • greekgreek:απεργία
  • italianitalian:sciopero
  • japanesejapanese:スト
  • dutchdutch:staking
  • spanishspanish:greba
  • portugueseportuguese:greva

See also

gravière (cn.) grave (cn.) gravier (cn.) gréviste (cn.) gréviste (adj.) gravette (cn.)