"greffier" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɡʁɛ.fje/, /ɡʁe.fje/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-greffier.wav Forms: greffiers [plural], greffière [feminine]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin graphiārius (“scribe, secretary”), from graphium (“stylus”). Compare greffe (“clerk's office”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|ML.|graphiārius||scribe, secretary|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Medieval Latin graphiārius (“scribe, secretary”), {{bor+|fr|ML.|graphiārius||scribe, secretary}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin graphiārius (“scribe, secretary”), {{m|la|graphium||stylus}} graphium (“stylus”), {{m|fr|greffe||clerk's office}} greffe (“clerk's office”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} greffier m (plural greffiers, feminine greffière)
  1. (law) clerk of the court; registrar of the court, or similar role Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Law, Legal occupations
    Sense id: en-greffier-fr-noun-PW5nNg1F Disambiguation of Legal occupations: 78 21 2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 67 18 15 Topics: law
  2. (dated, slang) cat, malkin Tags: dated, masculine, slang Categories (lifeform): Cats
    Sense id: en-greffier-fr-noun-j9ShxPQU Disambiguation of Cats: 30 63 6
  3. (dated, slang) hag Tags: dated, masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-greffier-fr-noun-TEcEf2KX

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for greffier meaning in French (3.3kB)

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