Question 1

What does "graisse" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

First person singular present indicative of to grease.
Third person singular present indicative of to grease.
First person singular present subjunctive of to grease.
Third person singular present subjunctive of to grease.
Second person singular imperative of to grease.

Question 2

Where does the French word "graisse" come from?

Accepted Answer

Attested in the form craisse with the meaning of "oily substance contained in the cellular tissue of the human and animal body" then gresse with the meaning of "fat, well-fleshed": from a low Latin type *crassia, substantivation of the adjective crassus see fat.

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