grappe

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French grappe, from Old French grappe, grape, crape (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), from graper, craper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappo (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, end, twist”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (German Krapfe). More at cramp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁap/

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Noun

grappe f (plural grappes)

1. bunch, cluster

Usage notes

When used to quantify a stated object, the singular form of that object is used, contrary to English.

• une grappe de raisin ― a bunch of grapes

Derived terms

• cerisier à grappes
• lâcher la grappe
• merisier à grappes

Further reading

• “grappe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrap.pe/
• Rhymes: -appe
• Hyphenation: gràp‧pe

Noun

grappe f

1. plural of grappa

Anagrams

• greppa

Old French

Alternative forms

• grape, crape

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *krappō.

Noun

grappe oblique singular, f (oblique plural grappes, nominative singular grappe, nominative plural grappes)

1. grappling hook
2. (collectively) fruits or flowers together

Derived terms

• grappil
• grappin, grapin

Descendants

• Middle French: grape, grappe
  • French: grappe
• → Middle Dutch: krappe
  • Dutch: krappe
• → Middle English: grape
  • English: grape
    • → Cornish: grappa
• ⇒ Old French: grappil
  • Middle English: grapel, grapell, grabel, crappelle
    • Scots: graiple
    • English: grapple
• ⇒ Old French: grappin, grapin
  • Middle French: grappin
    • French: grappin
  • → Galician: grampín

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grape)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grappe, supplement)