grippe

grippe — noun

1. an old-fashioned word for a contagious illness that causes fever, a bad cough, a

1.名詞C1
釋義

an old-fashioned word for a contagious illness that causes fever, a bad cough, and body aches — the same disease that people now call 'flu' or 'influenza'

例句

Grandma caught the grippe in the winter of 1947, when the whole village fell ill.

old-fashioned term used in a historical setting

Old hospital records show that many soldiers died of the grippe during the 1918 pandemic.

frequently paired with 'die of' in historical contexts

同義詞
  • flu

    the modern everyday term for the same illness, in common use since the mid-20th century

  • influenza

    the formal medical name, still used in clinical and official contexts

文法句型

the + grippe

用法筆記

This word is no longer used in everyday modern English. Speakers today say 'flu' or 'influenza' instead. You may still see 'grippe' in historical documents, old letters, or literature from before the 1950s.

常見錯誤

❌I have a bad case of the grippe.
✅I have a bad case of the flu.
💡'grippe' sounds very old-fashioned; modern English almost always uses 'flu'.