greaves

See also: Greaves

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɹivz/

Etymology 1

From Low German (compare German Low German Greev, Greve (“greaves”)), from Middle Low German grêve, from Old Saxon *griovo, from Proto-West Germanic *greubō (“roughage, brushwood, kindling”), the root of German Griebe (“greaves, crackling”). Possibly related to gruff. Also compare Old High German grob (“coarse”) (modern German grob).

Noun

greaves pl (plural only)

The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

Related terms

graves (noun), greven (noun), gribenes (noun)
grave (verb), greave (verb)

Translations

residue from animal fat

Bulgarian: пръжки (bg) f pl (prǎžki)
Danish: fedtegrever
Dutch: kaantjes (nl) pl
French: cretons (fr) m or pl, grattons (fr) pl or m
Galician: roxóns m pl
German: Grieben (de) f pl, Grammeln (de) f pl (southern Germany, Austria)
Hungarian: tepertő (hu), töpörtyű (hu)
Italian: ciccioli pl or m
Macedonian: џимиринка f (džimirinka), пршка f (prška), клиса f (klisa)
Polish: skwarka (pl) f
Portuguese: torresmo (pt) m
Russian: шква́рки (ru) f pl (škvárki)
Spanish: chicharrones (es) m pl
Swedish: grevar (sv)

Noun

greaves

plural of greave

Anagrams

Gervase, servage

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