griffe

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

griffe

Either a deverbative of griffer (to scratch), or a loanword from Old High German grif (the action of grasping), from the verb grifan ("to grasp"), which gave in German griff (verb greifen - preterite griff - to grasp) and in Dutch grijpen ("to take")

Definitions

zoologie
technique
jardinage
botanique

Synonym

Translations

  • germangerman:Kralle
  • englishenglish:claw
  • danishdanish:klo
  • spanishspanish:zarpa
  • finnishfinnish:sorkka
  • italianitalian:artiglio
  • dutchdutch:klauw
  • portugueseportuguese:garra
  • swedishswedish:klo
  • turkishturkish:pençe

See also

griffage (cn.) griffé (adj.) griffez (v.) griffions (v.) griffiez (v.) griffas (v.) griffâmes (v.) griffâtes (v.) griffèrent (v.) grifferai (v.) grifferas (v.) grifferons (v.) grifferez (v.) grifferont (v.) griffasse (v.) griffasses (v.) griffât (v.) griffassions (v.) griffassiez (v.) griffassent (v.)