gripe

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• /ɡɹaɪp/
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From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ghreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa. See also grip, grope.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: оплакване (oplakvane) — complaint; petty concern
• Catalan: clam — complaint; petty concern
• Catalan: queixa — complaint; petty concern
• Czech: stížnost — complaint; petty concern
• Dutch: klacht — complaint; petty concern
• Finnish: narina — complaint; petty concern
• Finnish: marina — complaint; petty concern
• Finnish: huoli — complaint; petty concern
• Irish: clamhsán — complaint; petty concern
• Russian: жа́лоба (žáloba) — complaint; petty concern
• Spanish: queja — complaint; petty concern
• Spanish: gimoteo — complaint; petty concern
• Spanish: nimiedad — complaint; petty concern
• Welsh: cwyn — complaint; petty concern
• Finnish: vaijeri — nautical: wire rope
• Bulgarian: хващане (hvaštane) — grasp, clutch, grip
• Bulgarian: улавяне (ulavjane) — grasp, clutch, grip
• Finnish: ote — grasp, clutch, grip
• Russian: схва́тывание (sxvátyvanije) — grasp, clutch, grip
• Tamil: பிடி (piṭi) — grasp, clutch, grip
• Finnish: kahva — that which is grasped
• Finnish: kädensija — that which is grasped
• German: Griff — that which is grasped
• Tamil: பிடி (piṭi) — that which is grasped
• Albanian: grep — engineering: device for grasping or holding anything
• Bulgarian: закопчалка (zakopčalka) — engineering: device for grasping or holding anything
• Finnish: kahva — engineering: device for grasping or holding anything
• Russian: зажи́м (zažím) — engineering: device for grasping or holding anything
• Russian: тиски́ (tiskí) — engineering: device for grasping or holding anything
• Finnish: puristus — pinching distress
• Tamil: பிணி (piṇi) — pinching distress
• Bulgarian: колики (koliki) — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Czech: bolesti v břiše — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Finnish: mahanpurut — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Finnish: vatsanpurut — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Finnish: koliikki — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Ancient Greek: στρόφος (stróphos) — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Russian: резь (rezʹ) — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Russian: ко́лики (kóliki) — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Tamil: வயிற்றுவலி (vayiṟṟuvali) — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Telugu: నులి (nuli) — pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
• Czech: remcat — to complain; to whine
• Czech: stěžovat si — to complain; to whine
• Czech: brblat — to complain; to whine
• Czech: reptat — to complain; to whine
• Finnish: ruikuttaa — to complain; to whine
• Finnish: marmattaa — to complain; to whine
• Finnish: marista — to complain; to whine
• French: se plaindre — to complain; to whine
• German: maulen — to complain; to whine
• German: meckern — to complain; to whine
• Russian: жа́ловаться (žálovatʹsja) — to complain; to whine
• Spanish: quejarse — to complain; to whine
• Spanish: gimotear — to complain; to whine