griffe

From French griffe.

griffe (plural griffes)

1. (US, dialectal, dated) The offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry.
2. (US, dialectal, dated) A mulatto.

• griffe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

From the verb griffer (“to scratch”) or Old High German grif (modern German Griff (“grip, handle”)).

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁif/

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griffe f (plural griffes)

1. claw

   coup de griffe ― swipe of the claws

   Les pattes de cet animal sont armées de griffes.

   The paws of this animal have claws.

2. talon
3. scratch mark
4. (figuratively) signature (characteristic mark, e.g. of an artist)

   Il a beau n’avoir pas mis son nom à cet ouvrage, il y a mis sa griffe.

   Even though he has not put his name on this work, he has put his mark.

5. (by extension) brand, designer label (especially fashion)

• → Italian: griffe
• → Portuguese: griffe, grife

griffe

1. first-person singular present indicative of griffer
2. third-person singular present indicative of griffer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of griffer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of griffer
5. second-person singular imperative of griffer

• “griffe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

griffe

1. First-person singular subjunctive II of greifen.
2. Third-person singular subjunctive II of greifen.

Borrowed from French griffe.

griffe f (invariable)

1. designer label

griffe f

1. plural of griffa