"grave" meaning in French

See grave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɡʁav/ Audio: Fr-grave.ogg Forms: graves [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French grave, borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of grief. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|grave|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French grave, {{inh+|fr|frm|grave}} Inherited from Middle French grave, {{der|fr|la|gravis}} Latin gravis, {{doublet|fr|grief}} Doublet of grief Head templates: {{fr-adj}} grave (plural graves)
  1. serious Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-grave-fr-adj-ZF38tNHS Disambiguation of Personality: 59 0 1 5 11 12 12
  2. solemn
    Sense id: en-grave-fr-adj-kyeOxI8c
  3. low-pitched
    Sense id: en-grave-fr-adj-umcgfbPV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 32 10 1 32 14
  4. (phonetics) back Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-grave-fr-adj-PEgjRvN1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 32 10 1 32 14 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: accent grave, gravement, l’heure est grave Related terms: gravissime, gravitation, gravité
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ɡʁav/ Audio: Fr-grave.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French grave, borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of grief. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|grave|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French grave, {{inh+|fr|frm|grave}} Inherited from Middle French grave, {{der|fr|la|gravis}} Latin gravis, {{doublet|fr|grief}} Doublet of grief Head templates: {{fr-adv}} grave
  1. (informal, slang) much; a lot Tags: informal, slang
    Sense id: en-grave-fr-adv-1h3Sy--M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡʁav/ Audio: Fr-grave.ogg
Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} grave
  1. inflection of graver:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: graver
    Sense id: en-grave-fr-verb-Lme2ih7D Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 32 10 1 32 14
  2. inflection of graver:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: graver
    Sense id: en-grave-fr-verb-i1Tpj8cq Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 32 10 1 32 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡʁav/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-grave.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/Fr-grave.ogg/Fr-grave.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Fr-grave.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grave"
}

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