Definition of GRIPPE

grippe

Meanings

Plural: grippes

Noun

  • an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
  • Influenza, the flu.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Borrowed from French into many languages of the world. More at gripe.

Synonyms

flu, influenza

Scrabble Score: 11

grippe is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
grippe is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grippe is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

grippe is a valid Words With Friends word