"griffe" meaning in All languages combined

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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, dialectal 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: 27 73 Disambiguation of Racism: 46 54 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɡʁif/ Audio: Fr-griffe.ogg , Fr-Paris--griffe.ogg [Paris] 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, {{m|fr|griffer}} griffer, {{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 4 1 8 45 27 10

Verb [French]

IPA: /ɡʁif/ Audio: Fr-griffe.ogg , Fr-Paris--griffe.ogg [Paris]
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, {{m|fr|griffer}} griffer, {{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
    Sense id: en-griffe-fr-verb-3mQK-6Hu
  2. inflection of griffer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    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

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈɡrif.fe/
Rhymes: -iffe Etymology: Borrowed from French griffe. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|it|fr|griffe|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French griffe, {{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): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 98 2

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈɡrif.fe/
Rhymes: -iffe Etymology: Borrowed from French griffe. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|it|fr|griffe|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French griffe, {{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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      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French griffe",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French griffe.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "#"
      },
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      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "grìf‧fe"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "designer label"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "designer label",
          "designer label"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "invariable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡrif.fe/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iffe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "griffe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian indeclinable nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian noun forms",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms borrowed from French",
    "Italian terms derived from French",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Italian/iffe",
    "Rhymes:Italian/iffe/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "griffe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "French griffe",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "griffe"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French griffe",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French griffe.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "griffe f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "grìf‧fe"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "griffa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of griffa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "griffa",
          "griffa#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡrif.fe/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iffe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "griffe"
}

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