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English surname, from Middle English greyve (“steward, bailiff, principal officer”). Compare Reeve, Sheriff. Also sometimes a variant of Grave.

From Middle English greve, greyve, grave, grafe, from Old Norse greifi, from Middle Low German grēve, grâve, related to Old English grœfa, groefa, variants of Old English ġerēfa (“steward, reeve”). More at reeve.

From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”). For the meaning development compare Russian тяготи́ть (tjagotítʹ, “to be a burden (on), to oppress”), Russian тужи́ть (tužítʹ, “to experience grief”), related to тяжёлый (tjažólyj, “heavy, grave”), тя́жкий (tjážkij).

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: огорчавам (ogorčavam) — to cause sorrow to
• Bulgarian: наскърбявам (naskǎrbjavam) — to cause sorrow to
• Dutch: bedroeven — to cause sorrow to
• Esperanto: aflikti — to cause sorrow to
• Esperanto: ĉagreni — to cause sorrow to
• Esperanto: malĝojigi — to cause sorrow to
• Finnish: tehdä murheelliseksi — to cause sorrow to
• French: attrister — to cause sorrow to
• French: chagriner — to cause sorrow to
• Galician: pesar — to cause sorrow to
• Galician: aflixir — to cause sorrow to
• Ancient Greek: λυπέω (lupéō) — to cause sorrow to
• Hungarian: elszomorít — to cause sorrow to
• Hungarian: bánt — to cause sorrow to
• Ido: chagrenigar — to cause sorrow to
• Irish: buair — to cause sorrow to
• Italian: affliggere — to cause sorrow to
• Māori: whakapō — to cause sorrow to
• Middle English: sorwen — to cause sorrow to
• Portuguese: afligir — to cause sorrow to
• Russian: огорча́ть (ogorčátʹ) — to cause sorrow to
• Russian: огорчи́ть (ogorčítʹ) — to cause sorrow to
• Spanish: contristar — to cause sorrow to
• Spanish: desolar — to cause sorrow to
• Turkish: üzmek — to cause sorrow to
• Ukrainian: засму́чувати (zasmúčuvaty) — to cause sorrow to
• Ukrainian: засмути́ти (zasmutýty) — to cause sorrow to
• Zazaki: muğul dayen — to cause sorrow to
• Bulgarian: скърбя (skǎrbja) — to feel very sad about
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎪᏂᎭ (asgoniha) — to feel very sad about
• Dutch: betreuren — to feel very sad about
• Estonian: leinama — to feel very sad about
• Ewe: fa konyi — to feel very sad about
• Finnish: murehtia — to feel very sad about
• Finnish: surra — to feel very sad about
• French: avoir du chagrin — to feel very sad about
• Gallurese: affliggj’ — to feel very sad about
• Gallurese: afrigj’ — to feel very sad about
• Hungarian: bánkódik — to feel very sad about
• Ido: chagrenar — to feel very sad about
• Ingrian: surra — to feel very sad about
• Ingrian: tusata — to feel very sad about
• Italian: affliggersi — to feel very sad about
• Māori: whakapō — to feel very sad about
• Middle English: sorwen for — to feel very sad about
• Oromo: gadduu — to feel very sad about
• Polish: rozpaczać — to feel very sad about
• Portuguese: sofrer por — to feel very sad about
• Russian: горева́ть (gorevátʹ) — to feel very sad about
• Russian: скорбе́ть (skorbétʹ) — to feel very sad about
• Russian: опла́кивать (oplákivatʹ) — to feel very sad about
• Sanskrit: शोचति (śocati) — to feel very sad about
• Sassarese: accurà — to feel very sad about
• Sassarese: affriggì — to feel very sad about
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh — to feel very sad about
• Scottish Gaelic: caoin — to feel very sad about
• Spanish: contristarse — to feel very sad about
• Swedish: sörja — to feel very sad about
• Turkish: üzülmek — to feel very sad about
• Zazaki: xod şıkiyen — to feel very sad about
• Arabic: قدر (ʔaddir) — to experience grief
• Armenian: սգալ (sgal) — to experience grief
• Armenian: ողբալ (oġbal) — to experience grief
• Bulgarian: тъгувам (tǎguvam) — to experience grief
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhuzuniha — to experience grief
• Dutch: treuren — to experience grief
• French: être affligé — to experience grief
• German: trauern — to experience grief
• Hungarian: gyászol — to experience grief
• Ingrian: surra — to experience grief
• Ingrian: tusata — to experience grief
• Māori: huamo — to experience grief
• Middle English: sorwen — to experience grief
• Polish: przeżywać żałobę — to experience grief
• Russian: горева́ть (gorevátʹ) — to experience grief
• Russian: скорбе́ть (skorbétʹ) — to experience grief
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh — to experience grief
• Scottish Gaelic: caoin — to experience grief
• Slovak: trúchliť — to experience grief
• Slovak: žialiť — to experience grief
• Slovak: smútiť — to experience grief
• Spanish: contristarse — to experience grief
• Spanish: penarse — to experience grief
• Spanish: enlutarse — to experience grief
• Spanish: penar — to experience grief
• Spanish: estar en duelo — to experience grief
• Spanish: sufrir la pérdida — to experience grief
• Spanish: lamentar — to experience grief
• Spanish: estar de luto — to experience grief
• Spanish: desolarse — to experience grief
• Swahili: kuhuzunika — to experience grief
• Telugu: శోకించు (śōkiñcu) — to experience grief
• Turkish: üzülmek — to experience grief
• Vietnamese: đau lòng — to experience grief