Grammatical class
Adjective
grave
serious
Details
Syllables
gra-ve
Phonetics
gʁav
Grammatical class
Adjective
Freq. (books)
34755
Freq. (movies)
20260
Freq. (news)
1127
Variants
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