Grammatical class

Adjective

grave

serious

Details

Syllables

gra-ve

Phonetics

gʁav

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

34755

Freq. (movies)

20260

Freq. (news)

1127

Sentences

Pas grave.

Skip it.

A1

Est-ce grave ?

Is it bad?

A1

Ça parait grave.

It sounds serious.

A1

J'ai foiré grave.

I messed up big time.

A1

C'est grave ?

Is it serious?

A2

La situation est grave.

This is a serious situation.

A2

Il prit un air grave.

He looks stern.

B1

Sami avait une voix grave.

Sami had a deep voice.

B1

Ziri faisait face à un grave danger.

Ziri was in a big danger.

B1

Il s'agit d'une accusation très grave.

That's a very serious accusation.

B1

Avons-nous fait une grave erreur ?

Did we make a huge mistake?

B2

Quatre de ces voyelles sont graves: a, o, u, œu.

Four of these are vowels are back [vowels], a, o, u, [and] œu

C2