graisse

See also: graissé and graîsse

French

Etymology

    Inherited from Old French craisse, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus. Compare Occitan graissa, Catalan greix.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    graisse f (plural graisses)

    1. grease
    2. fat

    Verb

    graisse

    1. inflection of graisser:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    Etymology

    From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus.

    Noun

    graisse f (uncountable)

    1. (Guernsey) fat
      • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 514:
        Nou ne trâche pas de la graïsse dans le nic d'ùn tchien.
        No one thinks of looking for fat in a dog's kennel.