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Is greve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word greve is a Scrabble US word. The word greve is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is greve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word greve is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

GREVE,VERGE,

4-letter words (6 found)

EGER,EREV,EVER,GERE,GREE,VEER,

3-letter words (10 found)

ERE,ERG,EVE,GEE,GER,REE,REG,REV,VEE,VEG,

2-letter words (3 found)

EE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from greve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of greve

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Definitions and meaning of greve

greve

Danish

Alternative forms

  • grev

Etymology

From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡreːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʋə], [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʊ]

Noun

greve c (singular definite greven, plural indefinite grever)

  1. count (a nobleman, of the highest rank in Denmark, since 1849 without privileges; equivalent to a British earl)

Usage notes

  • When used with a name, the short variant grev is preferred, e.g. grev Ingolf.

Declension

Derived terms

  • grevelig (“comital”)
  • grevinde (“countess”)
  • grevskab (“county”)

See also

  • greve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
  • Greve (rang) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

References

  • “greve” in Den Danske Ordbog

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve
  • Hyphenation: grè‧ve

Adjective

greve (plural grevi)

  1. heavy
  2. coarse, vulgar

Derived terms

  • grevemente
  • grevità

Further reading

  • greve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • grefe

Etymology

From Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛːv(ə)/

Noun

greve (plural greves)

  1. thicket, copse, bush; shrubbery, undergrowth
  2. grove, wood

Descendants

  • Yola: greve

References

  • “grēve, n.1”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

Noun

greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grever, definite plural grevene)

  1. a count or earl (nobleman)

Usage notes

In titles greve takes the form grev.

Derived terms

  • grevinne
  • grevskap

References

  • “greve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

Noun

greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grevar, definite plural grevane)

  1. a count or earl (nobleman)

Usage notes

In titles greve takes the form grev.

Derived terms

  • grevinne
  • grevskap

References

  • “greve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French grève.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gre‧ve

Noun

greve f (plural greves)

  1. strike (work stoppage)
    Synonym: (Brazil, dated) parede

Derived terms

  • grevista

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡreve]

Noun

greve f pl

  1. inflection of grevă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gravy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾebe/ [ˈɡɾe.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Syllabification: gre‧ve

Noun

greve m (uncountable)

  1. (New Mexico) gravy
    Synonym: gravy

References

  • Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎[4], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • grefve (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve.

Pronunciation

Noun

greve c (feminine grevinna)

  1. a count
  2. an earl

Declension

Derived terms

  • i grevens tid (“not a minute too soon”)
  • grevinna (“countess”)

References

  • greve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • greve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • greve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Yola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾiːv/

Etymology 1

From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

Noun

greve

  1. grove, small wood

Etymology 2

Noun

greve

  1. Alternative form of grue

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 43

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