grippe

Noun

An older term for influenza; an acute viral infection.
an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
Influenza, the flu.

Examples

Feeling as if he had the grippe, he still managed to spell ’HEALTH’ for a bonus.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Borrowed from French into many languages of the world. More at gripe.

Synonyms

flu, influenza

Scrabble Score: 11

grippe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
grippe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grippe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

grippe: valid Words With Friends Word