grippe

grippe also grip  (grp)

n.

See influenza.

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[French, from Old French, claw, quarrel, from gripper, to seize, grasp, from Frankish *grpan.]

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grippy adj.

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grippe, grip [grɪp]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) a former name for influenza

[from French grippe, from gripper to seize, of Germanic origin; see grip¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

grippe - an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease flu, influenza contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact Asian influenza, Asiatic flu - influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957 swine flu, swine influenza - an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system

Translations

grippe

n (dated US) → Grippe f