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greffe

/ɡʁɛf/

noun, masculine/ɡʁɛf/plural: greffes

court clerk's office, court registrar's office; court clerk, court registrar

Synonyms: greffier

Inherited from Old French groife, greife, from Latin graphium (“stylus”), later influenced by greffier (“clerk”).

noun, feminine/ɡʁɛf/plural: greffes

graft, scion; organ transplant, autoplasty; a piece of graft

Metaphorical use of Old French grefe, grafe (“stylus, pencil”), from the root of above.