Meaning of grippe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Influenza, the flu.
   countable, dated, uncountable
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3. See influenza.
4. Older Use. influenza.
5. (Pathology) a former name for influenza
6. n (dated US) → Grippe f
   n

Equivalents

Examples

“These other germs are the cause of colds and coughs and grippes.”

“"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"”

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