grison

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English[edit]

a grison

Etymology[edit]

From Old French gris (“gray”) + -on (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

grison (plural grisons)

A small, carnivorous South American mammal, of the genus Galictis, somewhat resembling a weasel.

Hyponyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

weasel like mammal (Galictis)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 巢鼬 (cháoyòu)
Finnish: grisoni (fi)
Kazakh: гризон (grizon)
Spanish: grisón, huroncito

Further reading[edit]

grison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Galictis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Galictis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams[edit]

Gorins, O-rings, girons, groins, rosing, signor, soring

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gris +‎ -on.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.zɔ̃/

Noun[edit]

grison m (plural grisons)

grey-haired man
(dated, colloquial) ass, donkey

Adjective[edit]

grison (feminine grisonne, masculine plural grisons, feminine plural grisonnes)

quite grey (especially of hair)

Further reading[edit]

“grison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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