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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɹɪf/ Forms: griffes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: From French griffe (“claw”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|griffe||claw}} French griffe (“claw”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} griffe (plural griffes)
  1. A claw-like ornament at the base of a column. Categories (topical): Racism
    Sense id: en-griffe-en-noun-ZrR5lNN6 Disambiguation of Racism: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɹɪf/ Forms: griffes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: From Cajun French (in period American English usage) and from general French griffe (in reference to such people in e.g. Haiti), perhaps from (American) Spanish grifo (supposedly "curly-haired"). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frc|-}} Cajun French, {{bor|en|fr|griffe}} French griffe, {{der|en|es|grifo}} Spanish grifo Head templates: {{en-noun}} griffe (plural griffes)
  1. (chiefly US, dialectal, dated or historical) A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry. Tags: US, dated, dialectal, historical Categories (topical): People, Racism Synonyms: grif Coordinate_terms (person of mixed race): list in mulatto
    Sense id: en-griffe-en-noun--6cXVmJG Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Disambiguation of Racism: 46 54 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɡʁif/ Audio: Fr-griffe.ogg , Fr-Paris--griffe.ogg Forms: griffes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French griffe, either deverbal from griffer, which see, or through an unattested Old French noun from Old High German grif, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|griffe|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French griffe, {{inh+|fr|frm|griffe}} Inherited from Middle French griffe, {{der|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|fr|goh|grif}} Old High German grif, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*gripiz}} Proto-Germanic *gripiz Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} griffe f (plural griffes)
  1. claw Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-griffe-fr-noun-Bt6sW41K
  2. talon Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-griffe-fr-noun-cOA3jLOC
  3. scratch mark Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-griffe-fr-noun-nMziPa1J
  4. (figurative) signature (characteristic mark, e.g. of an artist) Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-griffe-fr-noun-eR4d95l3
  5. (by extension) brand, designer label (especially fashion) Tags: broadly, feminine
    Sense id: en-griffe-fr-noun-OHc9yyT4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 0 7 48 26 9

Verb [French]

IPA: /ɡʁif/ Audio: Fr-griffe.ogg , Fr-Paris--griffe.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French griffe, either deverbal from griffer, which see, or through an unattested Old French noun from Old High German grif, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|griffe|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French griffe, {{inh+|fr|frm|griffe}} Inherited from Middle French griffe, {{der|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|fr|goh|grif}} Old High German grif, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*gripiz}} Proto-Germanic *gripiz Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} griffe
  1. inflection of griffer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: griffer
    Sense id: en-griffe-fr-verb-3mQK-6Hu
  2. inflection of griffer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: griffer
    Sense id: en-griffe-fr-verb-B8qlgJ0p

Verb [German]

Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} griffe
  1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of greifen Tags: first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-ii, third-person Form of: greifen
    Sense id: en-griffe-de-verb-~0xUQV5C Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈɡrif.fe/
Rhymes: -iffe Etymology: Borrowed from French griffe. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|fr|griffe}} Borrowed from French griffe Head templates: {{it-noun|f|#}} griffe f (invariable)
  1. designer label Tags: feminine, invariable
    Sense id: en-griffe-it-noun-J7Fpb59t Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 19 2 1 0 1 17 11 2 19 26 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 13 1 0 0 1 21 13 2 16 31 0 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 98 2

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈɡrif.fe/
Rhymes: -iffe Etymology: Borrowed from French griffe. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|fr|griffe}} Borrowed from French griffe Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} griffe f
  1. plural of griffa Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: griffa
    Sense id: en-griffe-it-noun-89A883zr

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        [
          "griffa",
          "griffa#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡrif.fe/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iffe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "griffe"
}

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