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I was watching a TV show set during the depression and a doctor referred to a child who had grippe (pronounced "grip"). DDG took me to this list.

"Griep" is still the Dutch word for influenza.

Gripe em Portuguese.

And Grippe in German.

Y “gripe” en español.

Also “grip” in French, no?

Gripe

Same in Romanian (gripă). I imagine English is the outlier.

Same in Serbian (грип/grip) and probably most other Slavic languages.

"Gripe" is used to describe gastrointestinal illnesses affecting infants and small children.

There is tonic/patent medicine called "gripe water" still used widely in the Commonwealth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gripe_water

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