griffe.
claw
Meaning & usage
claw
coup de griffe
Les pattes de cet animal sont armées de griffes.
talon
scratch mark
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.
brand, designer label (especially fashion)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French griffe, either deverbal from griffer, which see, or through an unattested Old French noun from Old High German grif, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz.
inflection of griffer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of griffer: second-person singular imperative
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French griffe, either deverbal from griffer, which see, or through an unattested Old French noun from Old High German grif, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz.
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