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grief

/ɡʁi.jɛf/

adjective/ɡʁi.jɛf/

grievous

Related: grièvement

Inherited from Old French grief, from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave, a borrowing from Latin.

noun, masculine/ɡʁi.jɛf/plural: griefs

complaint; grief; grievance (formal complaint filed with an authority)

Inherited from Old French grief, from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave, a borrowing from Latin.