grappe

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

grappe

from Old French grape, crape 'clasp', from Old Frankish krappa 'hook' (see grappin), which is found in Middle Dutch crappe, Dutch regional (Hollandish) krap 'crank', Frankish Lorraine kràppe 'cluster' and German krapfe 'hook'. The cluster of grapes was named in this way because of its shape.

Definitions

botanique

Plural

grappes

Translations

  • germangerman:Traube
  • englishenglish:cluster
  • spanishspanish:racimo
  • finnishfinnish:rypäs
  • italianitalian:grappolo
  • dutchdutch:tros
  • polishpolish:grono
  • portugueseportuguese:cacho
  • turkishturkish:salkım

See also

grappe (v.) grappes (v.) staphylier (cn.) grappier (adj.) grapper (v.)