"griffa" meaning in All languages combined

See griffa on Wiktionary

Verb [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} griffa
  1. third-person singular past historic of griffer Tags: form-of, historic, past, singular, third-person Form of: griffer
    Sense id: en-griffa-fr-verb-J-oslSZU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈɡrif.fa/ Forms: griffe [plural]
Rhymes: -iffa Etymology: Borrowed from Lombardic grif (“the act of grabbing, grasping”) from grīfan (“to grab, to grasp”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|lng||alt=grif|t=the act of grabbing, grasping}} Borrowed from Lombardic grif (“the act of grabbing, grasping”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} griffa f (plural griffe)
  1. jaw; claw; tooth; gear (mechanical) Tags: feminine Synonyms: dente, ingranaggio, gancio Related terms: aggriffare
    Sense id: en-griffa-it-noun-I4yCa2~L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

IPA: /ˈɡrif.fa/
Rhymes: -iffa Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} griffa
  1. inflection of griffare:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: griffare
    Sense id: en-griffa-it-verb-I4yvGHND Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 10 73 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 82 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 90 6
  2. inflection of griffare:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: griffare
    Sense id: en-griffa-it-verb-IYiGjucc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈɡriːf.fa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɡrif.fa] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: grīffa [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=grīffa}} grīffa
  1. accusative singular of grīps Tags: accusative, form-of, singular Form of: grīps
    Sense id: en-griffa-la-noun-fhFFziA~ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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