"grigri" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: grigris [plural]
Etymology: From grigri, and possibly related to French grimper (“to climb”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|grimper||to climb}} French grimper (“to climb”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} grigri (plural grigris)
  1. (climbing) A belay device that incorporates an assisted braking system, trademark of French company Petzl. Categories (topical): Climbing
    Sense id: en-grigri-en-noun-Qn6kBl~t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 83 17 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: grigris [plural]
Etymology: See gris-gris. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gris-gris}} gris-gris Head templates: {{en-noun}} grigri (plural grigris)
  1. Alternative spelling of gris-gris Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gris-gris Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-grigri-en-noun-rJu-h86E Disambiguation of Religion: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɡʁi.ɡʁi/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-grigri.wav Forms: grigris [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} grigri m (plural grigris)
  1. (Africa) charm, fetish, gris-gris Tags: Africa, masculine Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: gri-gri, gris-gris Hypernyms: talisman
    Sense id: en-grigri-fr-noun-qkxg-NTT Categories (other): African French, French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Mauritian Creole]

Etymology: From French gris-gris. Etymology templates: {{der|mfe|fr|gris-gris}} French gris-gris Head templates: {{head|mfe|noun}} grigri
  1. black magic
    Sense id: en-grigri-mfe-noun-eAnt6K2V Categories (other): Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Seychellois Creole]

Etymology: From French gris-gris. Etymology templates: {{der|crs|fr|gris-gris}} French gris-gris Head templates: {{head|crs|noun}} grigri
  1. black magic
    Sense id: en-grigri-crs-noun-eAnt6K2V Categories (other): Seychellois Creole entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: grigris [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} grigri m (plural grigris)
  1. (climbing) grigri Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Climbing
    Sense id: en-grigri-es-noun-4fEEgxHw Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "es:Climbing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grigri"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "climbing",
          "climbing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "grigri",
          "grigri#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(climbing) grigri"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climbing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grigri"
}

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