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gratter.

to scrub

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡʁa.te/

  1. to scrub

  2. to scrape

  3. to scratch

    transitive

  4. to itch

    informal · intransitive
    Ça gratte.

  5. to play the guitar

    informal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French gratter, from Old French gratter, grater, borrowed from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, see also Albanian gërresë (“rasp, scraper”), German kratzen (“to scratch”), Swedish kratta (“to rake”).

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