Grippe

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Common synonyms include: influenza, acute articular rheumatism, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis, african lethargy, ague.

//ɡɹɪp// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
Influenza, the flu. countable, dated, uncountable
"These other germs are the cause of colds and coughs and grippes."
2
an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease wordnet

Synonyms

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influenza acute articular rheumatism acute bronchitis adenoiditis african lethargy ague

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"These other germs are the cause of colds and coughs and grippes."

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.

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