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Vinony

grape

noun

  1. type of fruit
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪp/ / /ɡɹæɪp/ / /ɡɹep/

adj

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”) or *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”)., from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) Displaced Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.

  1. Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.
  2. Of a dark purplish red colour.

noun

Etymology: From rape, influenced by grape.

  1. Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

verb

Etymology: From rape, influenced by grape.

  1. Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.