Adjective: grave
Hyphenation: grà‧ve
| Singular m. | grave |
| Singular f. | grave |
| Plural m. | gravi |
| Plural f. | gravi |
Sample Sentences
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un grave problema (a serious problem)
Adjectives inflected like grave
soprasegmentale,
undicenne,
coscienziale,
collisionale,
superficiale,
retrodatabile,
bacillare,
ionizzante,
corbettese,
urlante,
antenuziale,
sovrabbondante,
multidimensionale,
rimbombevole,
moltiplicabile,
elettronucleare,
staccabile,
sovraprovinciale,
serale,
scritturale, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-us
4. Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us
5. Proto-Italic *gʷraus
6. Latin gravis
7. Italian grave
8. Inherited from Latin gravis. Doublet of greve. See: Latin Adjectives '
gravis', Latin Adjectives '
gravis'.
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