grey

See also gray, and Grey

English

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Alternative forms

• gray (Chiefly US)

Pronunciation

• enPR: grā, IPA: /ɡreɪ/, SAMPA: /greI/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: gray, greige

Etymology

Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Pre-Germanic *ĝrēu̯o, from Proto-Indo-European *ĝher- 'to shine, glow' (compare Latin rāvus 'grey', Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ) 'to see, glance', Russian зреть 'to watch, look at' (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù 'to shine').

Adjective

grey (comparative greyer, superlative greyest)

1. Having a grey colour, as the ash of an ember.
2. dreary, gloomy
3. Having an indistinct or disputed quality

Translations

color

Afrikaans: grys (af) Albanian: hirtë Arabic: رمادي (ar) (ramādiyy), (of hair) أشيب (ar) (ʾášyab) m. Armenian: գորշ (hy) (gorš), մոխրագույն (hy) (moxraguyn) Azeri: boz (az) Basque: gris (eu) Belarusian: шэры (be) (šéry) Breton: louet (br) Bulgarian: сив (bg) (siv) Catalan: gris (ca) Chickasaw: shobbokoli Chinese: Mandarin: 灰色 (cmn) (huīsè) Czech: šedý (cs) m. Danish: grå (da) Dutch: grijs (nl), grijze (nl) Esperanto: griza (eo) Estonian: hall (et) Finnish: harmaa (fi) French: gris (fr) m., grise (fr) f., grises (fr) f. pl. Galician: gris Georgian: რუხი (ka) (rukhi), ნაცრისფერი (ka) (natsrisperi) German: grau (de) Greek: γκρίζος (el) (grízos) Ancient Greek: πολιός (polios) Haitian Creole: gri Hebrew: אָפוֹר (he) (afór) Hiligaynon: abóhon, baúg Hindi: धूसर (hi) (dhūsar) Hopi: maasi Hungarian: szürke (hu) (all senses except hair color), ősz (hu) (only for hair color) Icelandic: grár (is) m., grá (is) f., grátt (is) n. Ido: griza Indonesian: abu-abu (id) Irish: liath (ga), glas (ga) (of animals, cloth, eyes) Italian: grigio (it) Japanese: 灰色 (ja) (はいいろ, hai-iro), 鼠色 (ja) (ねずみいろ, nezumi-iro)

Kazakh: сұр (kk) (sur) Khmer: ប្រផេះ (km) (prɑpʰeh) Korean: 회색의 (ko) (hoesaeg-ui) Latgalian: palāks m., palāka f., (of hair) sierms Latin: cinereus (la) m., cinerea (la) f., cinereum (la) n., (of hair) canus (la) m. Latvian: pelēks m., pelēka f., (of hair) sirms (lv) Lithuanian: pilkas (lt), (of hair) žilas (lt) Low German: grag (nds), gris (nds) Macedonian: сив (mk) (siv) Malay: abu (ms) Malayalam: ചാരം (chaaram) Montagnais: kauapinuat Navajo: łibá, dinilbá Neapolitan: criscio Norwegian: grå (no) Novial: grisi Polish: szary (pl) Portuguese: cinza (pt), cinzento (pt) m., cinzenta (pt) f., gris (pt) m. Romanian: brumăriu (ro), cenușiu (ro), sur (ro) Russian: серый (ru) (séryj); (of hair) седой (ru) (sedój), (rare) сивый (ru) (sívyj) Scottish Gaelic: liath (light grey), glas (dark grey) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сив (sh), сива (sh) Roman: siv (sh), siva (sh) Slovak: sivý (sk) Slovene: siv (sl) m., siva (sl) f., sivo (sl) n. Spanish: gris (es) Sundanese: kulawu (su), hawuk (su) Swedish: grå (sv) Tagalog: abo Thai: สีเทา (th) (sĕe tao) Turkish: gri (tr), boz (tr) Tuvan: куу Ukrainian: сірий (uk) (síryj) Vietnamese: (màu) xám, hoa râm (grey-haired) Welsh: llwyd (cy) West Frisian: griis (fy) grau (fy)

dreary, gloomy

Basque: gris (eu) Dutch: grijs (nl), grijze (nl), grauw (nl), grauwe (nl) Finnish: ankea (fi), harmaa (fi), synkkä (fi) French: gris (fr) m., grise (fr) f., grises (fr) f. pl. German: grau (de) Hiligaynon: baúg Irish: glas (ga)

Russian: серый (ru) (séryj) Slovene: siv m., siva f., sivo n. Spanish: gris (es) Swedish: grå (sv), trist (sv), tråkig (sv), dyster (sv) Vietnamese: buồn, buồn bã, rầu, rầu rĩ, âm u (personality, mood); u ám, âm u, ảm đậm (sky, weather)

indistinct quality

Dutch: grijs (nl), grijze (nl) French: gris (fr) m., grise (fr) f., grises (fr) f. pl. Japanese: グレー (ja) (gurē)

Spanish: gris (es) Swedish: i en gråzon (sv) Vietnamese: không rõ, lờ mờ

Verb

grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed)

1. To become grey or cause to become grey.

   My hair is beginning to grey.

Translations

to become grey

Danish: gråne (da) Dutch: grijzen (nl) Finnish: harmaantua (fi) (become), harmaannuttaa (fi) (cause to become) French: griser (fr) German: ergrauen (de), grau werden (de) Irish: liath (ga)

Italian: ingrigire (it) Portuguese: acinzentar (pt) Russian: сереть (serét’); (of hair) седеть (sedét’) Swedish: gråna (sv) Turkish: grileşmek (tr) Vietnamese: bạc (vi)

Usage notes

There happens to be a handy mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: grey is the English spelling, while gray is the American spelling. However, grey is also frequently found in American English.

Derived terms

battleship grey, battleship-grey grey area greybeard

greyness grey ghost

grey matter

Noun

grey (plural greys)

1. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.

   grey colour:

2. (ufology) an extraterrestrial creature with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

Translations

colour

Anglosaxon: grǣg Armenian: մոխրագույն (hy) (moxraguyn) Basque: gris (eu) Bosnian: siv (bs) Catalan: gris Chinese: 灰 (huī), 灰色 (huīsè) Czech: šedá Danish: grå (da) Dutch: grijs (nl) Esperanto: griza (eo) Estonian: hall (et) Finnish: harmaa (fi) French: gris (fr) Galician: gris (gl) m. German: Grau (de) n. Greek: γκρι (gri) n., σταχτί (stakhtí) n., φαιό (feó) n. Hebrew: אָפוֹר (afór) Indonesian: abu-abu (id) Irish: liath m., (of animals, cloth, eyes) glas m.

Italian: grigio (it) m. Japanese: 灰色 (はいいろ, hai-iro), 鼠色 (ねずみいろ, nezumi-iro) Khmer: ពណ៌ប្រផេះ (km) (poa prɑpʰeh) Korean: 회색 (灰色, hoesaek) Latvian: pelēks (lv) Lithuanian: pilka (lt) Luxembourgish: Gro Norwegian: grå (no) Polish: szarość (pl) f. Portuguese: cinza (pt) Romanian: gri (ro) Russian: серый (ru) (séryj) Slovak: sivá, šedivá Slovene: siva (sl) f. Spanish: gris (es) m. Swedish: grå (sv) Tagalog: abo Turkish: gri (tr), boz (tr) Vietnamese: màu xám

extraterrestrial being

French: Gris (fr) m. German: Graue m., Grauen pl.,f.

Spanish: grises (es) m. pl.

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Translations to be checked

Breton: louet, gris Indonesian: kelabu, abu-abu Interlingua: gris Persian: خاکِستَری (xākestæri)

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• gyre

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Icelandic

Noun

grey n. (grey-s, grey-)

1. a wretch, a pitiful person

   Greyið mitt!

   You poor little thing!

   Grey Jón..

   Poor John..

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈgre̞j]

Etymology

From Latin grege, singular ablative of grex.

Noun

grey f. (plural greyes)

1. (obsolet, poetry) flock, herd
2. (religion) flock (people served by a pastor, priest, etc., also all believers in a church or religion)

Synonyms

• (animals): rebaño
• (religion): rebaño, feligresía, congregación, iglesia

Derived terms

• gregario
• agregar

Related terms

• oveja
• cabra

See also

• (animals): ganado, hato, parvada, manada, jauría, cardumen, enjambre