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grappe f ‎(plural grappes)

When used to quantify a stated object, the singular form of that object is used, contrary to English.

une grappe de raisin

a bunch of grapes

grappe f

grappe f ‎(oblique plural grappes, nominative singular grappe, nominative plural grappes)

(fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grape)
(fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grappe, supplement)

From Middle French, from Old French grappe, grape, crape ‎(“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), from graper, craper ‎(“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *krappo ‎(“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krappô, *krappą ‎(“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *grep- ‎(“hook”), *gremb- ‎(“crooked, uneven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- ‎(“to turn, ebnd, twist”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe ‎(“hook”), Old High German krapfo ‎(“hook”) (German Krapfe). More at cramp.