grabuge
French
Etymology
[From 1526] as gaburge (“dispute, fight”). Unknown, but perhaps from Venetian garbugio (“fight, skirmish?”). Cognate with Italian garbuglio (“tumult, disorder, confusion, mess”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.byʒ/
Further reading
- “grabuge” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- Archivio veneto, Rinaldo Fulin, Riccardo Predelli "...Agostino, e da una Lombardo implicato in un sanguinoso «garbugio», svoltosi a Valenza di Spagna, dal quale il Nostro usci storpiato ad un braccio..."
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